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Title: Captivating!
Review: Barbara Mangini has done a fantastic job of intermingling fact with fiction--producing captivating prose that makes it difficult for her readers to put their books down. Set in a small Pennsylvania coal town, sixteen-year-old Rose is seduced by a coal miner. What follows is a shocking tale of a young girl who must endure great physical pain and face emotional neglect by those she counts on most. Booklovers are taken through a twisting chain of events that demonstrate just how life-defining the decisions they make are.While Rose grows from a nave young girl to a mature woman, readers also learn about the very real, yet little-known disease called Hyperemesis Gravidarum. The Proving Grounds (a bit like Hester Prynne meets modern-day) is a significant read, especially if you are a woman of childbearing age!
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