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The Forgotten Girls
- A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America
- By: Monica Potts
- Narrated by: Monica Potts
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 109
Growing up gifted and working-class poor in the foothills of the Ozarks, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of reading and learning, even as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous family lives—broken marriages, alcohol abuse, and shuttered stores and factories. They pored over the giant map in their middle school classroom, tracing their fingers over the world that awaited them, vowing to escape. In the end, Monica left Clinton for college and fulfilled her dreams; Darci did not.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Choices
- By Cheryl Gifford on 05-09-25
- The Forgotten Girls
- A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America
- By: Monica Potts
- Narrated by: Monica Potts
Outstanding story
Reviewed: 09-17-23
Incredible narration by the author. It’s one thing to write about the bitter and painful moments in your own life, but it’s a whole other thing to narrate those moments out loud. Superb job by Potts.
Having relatives from a similar small, economically depressed town, the entire story of what happens to those who can’t find their way out was all too familiar. I appreciated the lack of false hope as well. This is not a story of redemption, or overcoming all odds to succeed. This is the unvarnished truth that so many people - women especially - live through every day. Highly recommend this short listen, especially if you’re interested in what living in a small, rural, and socially/economically depressed community is like.
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