Sweetest Thing

The Singleton family''s fortunes seem unaffected by the Great Depression, and Perri--along with the other girls at Atlanta''s elite Washington Seminary--lives a carefree life of tea dances with college boys, matinees at the cinema, and debut parties. But when tragedies strike, Perri is confronted with a world far different from the one she has always known.

At the insistence of her parents, Mary "D...