Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

In this captivating and empathetic book, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one of the most challenging and geographically isolated regions on the Eastern seaboard. Their stories t…

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