FORGOTTEN GIRLS COLOR:Book and claim her as his

and claim her as his own

and his beautiful bride

who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to the paradise of Cloud Cuckoo Land

and reams of unpublished letters

FORGOTTEN GIRLS COLOR:Book and claim her as hisGrowing up gifted and working class poor in the foothills of the Ozarks, 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 tumultuous family lives and declining town 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,