Mary Jane Salyers grew up in a rural county in East Tennessee during the 1940s and 1950s. She attended Carson-Newman College, where she majored in English and earned a secondary teaching license. She later earned a master's degree from Indiana University.
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On the last day of eighth grade, Maggie begins to dream of finding a way to escape the drudgery and confinement of life in the hollow and establish her independence. Her plan begins to fall in place when she enters high school and discovers she has a natu... SEE MORE