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A big woman, Gertie Nevels is uprooted from her Kentucky hills and thrust into the confusion of wartime Detroit. There, against the sudden, harsh impact of a big city, she and her family struggle to retain the independence that is their heritage--a struggle that ends in triumph in a unique way through Gertie's courage and innocence of spirit.
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"DOCK'S shoes on the rocks up the hill and his heavy breathing had shut out all sound so that it seemed a long while she had heard nothing, and Amos lay to still, not clawing at the blanket as when they had started."
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