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"Girlchild" A Novel by Tupelo Hassman

KUNR Public Radio
Published March 2, 2012 at 9:33 PM PST

http://kunr-assets.trinityannex.com/audios/653_bth-030212-tupelohassman.mp3

Author Tupelo Hassman discusses her debut novel "Girlchild," which is set in a Reno trailer park. The book chronicles the life of a young girl, Rory Dawn Hendrix, as she tries to cope with life in poverty and deal with the pressures - and fears - of the expectations placed on her to escape that life.