Growing up in Erob, Alabama, Nina "Little Bit" Barnes Enloe lived in the
shadow of her imposing and harsh grandmother, Nina "Biggie" Barnes
Enloe. If she wasn't being bossed around by Biggie, then the task fell
to her best friend Win...who did win. At everything. Bit never seemed to
share Win's lifetime supply of "lucky dust." Perhaps the only thing Bit
has ever chosen for herself is her friendship with Avery, the
out-of-towner who showed up on the saddest day of her
life--unpretentious and decidedly un-Southern--with a funeral casserole
in hand.
Bit believes she can escape her grandmother's controlling grip once and
for all by moving somewhere where she is the only Nina Enloe listed: New
York. Yet her world is turned upside down when an unexpected loss forces
her to leave her new life in the city and return to Erob, where she must
face everything--and everyone--she left behind. In the process, Bit
discovers her true identity, learns the hard lessons of acceptance and
forgiveness, finds herself falling in love in unexpected places, and
finds comfort in the secrets of rainy days.
Leslie Hooton, author of Before Anyone Else, brings her signature wit
and Southern charm to the page again in this triumphant coming-of-age
story.
