But many say McElroy saw too much. The book describes one cheerleader's experience with her abusive father. It also recounts the moment when another girl anxiously examines her pregnancy test with her mother. The most incendiary section explores the rumors that Rachel Brown had been trying to steal the boyfriends of other cheerleaders. According to one current GCHS senior, many of the posts attacking Brown were made by angry students during their Computer Applications class.
Social life revolves around the high school and sports teams . . .
Residents should not flinch from his picture but use the truth as a jumping-off point to correct the wrongs around them, not just in the schools in the county, but in the economic and social issues that cripple the young people here. As it turned out, Amazon became the unlikely meeting place for Greenup County residents to talk with one another. Unfortunately, actual conversation is anathema to commerce. Anybody who had something to say could get on the Net and say it. Only to have it promptly erased.