EAN: 9780241633519

THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS - MONICA POTTS KARTONIERT (TB)

RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'I couldn't put it down. . . an important
book  raw and simple enough that you can't help but feel it deeply' James Rebanks  author of
The Shepherd's Life Talented and ambitious  Monica Potts and her best friend  Darci  were both
determined to make something of themselves. How did their lives turn out so different? Growing
up gifted and working-class in the foothills of the Ozarks  Monica and Darci became fast
friends. Bonding over a shared love of learning  they pored over the giant map in their
classroom  tracing their fingers over the world that awaited them  vowing to escape their
broken town. In the end  Monica left Clinton for university and fulfilled her dreams. Darci 
along with many in their circle of friends  did not. Years later  working as a journalist
covering poverty  Monica discovers what she already intuitively knew about the women in
Arkansas. Their life expectancy had steeply declined -- the sharpest such fall in a century. As
she returns to Clinton to report the story  she reconnects with Darci  and finds that her once
talented and ambitious best friend is now a statistic: a single mother of two  addicted to meth
jobless and nearly homeless. Deeply aware that Darci's fate could have been hers  she retraces
the moments in each of their lives that led such similar women toward such different destinies.
Why did Monica make it out while Darci became ensnared in a cycle of poverty and opioid abuse?
Gripping and unforgettable  The Forgotten Girls is a story of friendship and lost promise in
21st century America.

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