Goodreads asked Jen Lowry:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jen Lowry Sweet Potato Jones came to me in a dream. She was right in the middle of her monologue- contemplating why her momma had to make the choices that she did. The storyline works many different choices that can affect not only one life but those around them. I was teaching a student at the time that was living in extreme poverty yet she was a light to all of those around her. That is who Sweet Potato is to all of those she meets and she doesn’t recognize her own uniqueness. Until ...

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