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Growing up in Erob, Alabama, Nina "Little Bit" Barnes Enloe lived in the shadow of her imposing and harsh grandmother, Nina "Biggie" Barnes Enloe. If she wasn't being bossed around by Biggie, then the task fell to her best friend Win...who did win. At everything. Bit never seemed to share Win's lifetime supply of "lucky dust." Perhaps the only thing Bit has ever chosen for herself is her friendship with Avery, the out-of-towner who showed up on the saddest day of her life-unpretentious and decidedly un-Southern-with a funeral casserole in hand. Bit believes she can escape her grandmother's controlling grip once and for all by moving somewhere where she is the only Nina Enloe listed: New York. Yet her world is turned upside down when an unexpected loss forces her to leave her new life in the city and return to Erob, where she must face everything-and everyone-she left behind. In the process, Bit discovers her true identity, learns the hard lessons of acceptance and forgiveness, finds herself falling in love in unexpected places, and finds comfort in the secrets of rainy days. Leslie Hooton, author of Before Anyone Else, brings her signature wit and Southern charm to the page again in this triumphant coming-of-age story.… (more)
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I loved this book but make sure you have kleenex nearby. I loved Nina. She may live in the big city but it is she that they keep calling to return to help them deal with the others in their circle. There's Biggie, Haines (Nina's brother), Win and Avery (her friends), and Carter (the boy next door.) Others enter and leave their circle but they are the main characters. They are good characters and we all know people like this. Nina needs to grow up though she has always been independent. They others have never lived outside of Erob (except Avery who moved there as a pre-teen.) The bonds of family and friends is strong. Nina also make strong bonds in New York City and they also have a hand in teaching Nina. It is the acceptance she receives in New York that shows her the acceptance for her back in Erob. The love each has (which ebbs and flows through their lives) is evident in each fight, silence, and conversation. Only good friends can say and do what these ones do.
Sadness comes. Heartbreak comes. Tragedy comes. Through it all they stay together. I could identify with Bit. I could feel her emotions--happiness, hurt, pain, acceptance, love. It is all there.
I was not sure what to expect. I got so much with this book. It is worth reading.