Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781536216110
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2020-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

As the week stretched on, Melinda’s question never left my mind. What did I really want?

The more I thought about it—as I exercised at the gym, helped Mami with the laundry, and practiced with Sugar Daddy—the more I realized that the answer was complicated, full of layers.

The part of me that was an island girl—that would be forever—wanted to swim in the blue ocean, hug my grandmother, and help her rebuild her home. The wannabe rodeo queen, however, thought only about the future. She was all focus and determination. She fit so completely into a Western lifestyle that she sought to claim a crown that had only ever been bestowed on girls whose families had been in this area for generations. She was the answer to countless family prayers and promises whispered before an altar.

I didn’t know how to stretch myself to be both at the same time.

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