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Chasing lilacs

by Carla Stewart

SuicideMothers and daughtersDeathFictionMothersAmerican literature

In the summer of 1958 in the small Texas community of Graham Camp, twelve-year-old Sammie Tucker must choose who to trust with her deepest fears after her mother commits suicide and a not-so-favorite aunt arrives on the scene. Trusting is one thing, but accepting the truth will be the hardest thing Sammie has ever done.

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Book data: Open Library