Growin' Pains

by Mary Blount Christian

Published 1 January 1985
Twelve-year-old Ginny Ruth feels stifled in her small, dying Texas town, despite her special relationship with physically impaired Mr. Billy.

Tormented by the memory of his best friend's suicide, for which he feels partly responsible, seventeen-year-old Gideon struggles to fulfill their shared dream of breaking into the country music business in Nashville.