02968cam a22004938i 4500 22961176 US-DLC 20251111080243.0 m |o d | cr_||||||||||| 221228s2023 nyu o 000 0aeng 2022006768 9780525519928 (ebook) 9780593730898 (hardcover) 22961176 au eng au rda pcc n-us--- n-us-ar Alfaisal Main Library PN4874.P68 A3 2023 Potts, Monica, author. The forgotten girls / Monica Potts. 2023 2305 New York : Random House, 2023 254 pages text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Place -- Religion -- The School Hill house -- Boy crazy -- The rebellion -- The summer in New York -- The escape plan -- Trauma -- The goodbye -- Leaving and staying -- The party house -- Motherhood -- The money -- The Trouble -- The trailer -- Moving -- The downward spiral. "Growing up gifted and poor in small-town Arkansas, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of reading and learning, even as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous family lives-broken marriages, alcohol abuse, and shuttered stores and factories. They pored over the giant map in their middle school classroom, tracing their fingers over the world that awaited them, vowing to escape. In the end, Monica got out, but Darci, along with the rest of their circle of friends, did not. Years later, working as a journalist covering poverty, Monica discovered what she already intuitively knew about the women in Arkansas: Their life expectancy had steeply declined-the sharpest such fall in a century. Most painfully, her once talented and ambitious best friend was now a single mother of two, addicted to meth and prescription drugs, jobless and nearly homeless. What had happened in the years since Monica had left? Why had she escaped while Darci hurtled toward what Monica fears will be a tragic end? What was killing poor white women-and would Darci survive her own life"-- Potts, Monica. Potts, Monica Friends and associates. Women journalists United States Biography. Female friendship Arkansas Clinton. Poor women Arkansas Clinton Social conditions. Rural poor Arkansas Clinton Social conditions. Women drug addicts Arkansas Clinton. Arkansas Biography. Biographies. lcgft Print books. local 4 Print version: Potts, Monica. Forgotten girls New York : Random House, [2023] 9780593730898 (DLC) 2022006767 lcc BOOKS 607908 607908 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-11-11 0 PN4874.P68 A3 2023 AU00000000020935 2025-11-11 08:03:29 200.00 2025-11-11 BOOKS