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As graduation approaches, Virginia Simpson prepares to start college, reunite with her childhood sweetheart, and embrace adulthood. A family crisis forces her to abandon her carefully laid plans, and through the unexpected challenges she discovers the real meaning of growing up.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Christian Fiction/Historical Christian Fiction
Authors: Janette Oke
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