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CW: Themes of predatory behavior and emotional distress Room 229 Opal Grace didn’t have a real home —not like other girls her age. Her father, a Southern Baptist preacher, moved every year to a new church, chasing a calling he barely understood but obediently followed. This summer, Opal found herself in Lumberton, North Carolina- a small town carved out of red clay and pine trees, where the Lumbee people had lived for generations, and the sawmills sang out lumber like church hymns. Lumberton wasn’t much on a map, but it was everything for no...
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