num_pages: 400
description: Anne Perri Singleton's world is defined by the security of family the camaraderie of friends at an exclusive Atlanta girls' school and an enviable social life. She isn't looking for new friends when Mary Dobbs Dillard arrives from Chicago. Besides Dobbs the passionate and fiercely individualistic daughter of an itinerant minister is her opposite in every way.But just as the Great Depression collides disastrously with Perri's well-ordered life friendship blossoms--a friendship that will be tested by jealousy betrayal and family secrets....With her endearing characters and poignant storytelling Atlanta native Elizabeth Musser vividly re-creates the charm of her beloved city amid the poverty and plenty that shaped the 1930s.
language: English
title: The Sweetest Thing
publisher: Bethany House Publishers