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Famous in a Small Town

  • SKU: 9781525804854
  • UPC: 9781525804854
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Mary Jackson has always been a bit of a rule breaker. In 1958, at the age of 15, Mary was crowned the 35th Annual Cherry Pit Spittin’ Champion of Good Hart, Michigan, establishing a distance that has remained a record for sixty-five years. Cherry Mary was born, and she has lived her whole life in Good Hart, now running the Very Cherry General Store--part post office, sandwich shop and tiny grocery--that she took over from her mother and grandmother. By contrast, Becky Thatcher, an assistant elementary school principal in St. Louis, Missouri, has always played it safe, right down to her longtime boyfriend. But when she thinks he’s going to ask her to marry him on the last day of school and doesn’t, she has a playground meltdown to rival those of the children she teaches. Becky vows to be more adventurous and sets out on a girls’ trip with her childhood best friend for a bit of fun, and to heal in the resort town of Good Hart – set along the w





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