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Adelaide (Addie) Cowherd is called into the dean’s office at the University of Kentucky in 1936. There she is told that her parents had not paid her tuition for three months. She will not be able to take the finals and finish her junior year. At first, Addie thinks it is a mistake until she finally picks up her mail and reads her mother’s letter. She learns that her father has lost his job and their home.

Addie is persuaded to attend the end of year bonfire before she leaves. There she meets Emmett Tharp. Too bad he’s a senior and graduating, but she won’t be going back to college anyhow.

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