The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/165196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Girls Author: Monica Potts Narrator: Monica Potts Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins Release date: 05-30-23 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 118 ratings Genres: Public Policy Publisher's Summary: Growing 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 declining town and tumultuous family lives—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, vowing to escape. In the end, Monica left Clinton for college and fulfilled her dreams; Darci did not.