She is special. That's what Alicia Fox, mistress of one of Georgia's finest mansions, thinks when she first sees the girl dressed in pitiful rags. For the girl, Ruth Yancey, possesses a fiery beauty and a graceful splendor that soar above her wretched mill town roots. It is these looks--combined with her fierce determination--that win Ruth a place of honor in Alicia's home.
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