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My Friend Annie
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My Friend Annie - Jane Duncan
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"...Janet leaves her precious home and friends to begin her life as a brilliant—if slightly eccentric—student in Cairnshaw in the south of Scotland. Her "friend" Annie is the daughter of Cairnshaw neighbors, people Janet's stepmother, Jean, admires and extols Janet to emulate, but people for whom Janet feels complete contempt: Annie wears lace and keeps clean, Janet likes coveralls and dirt; Annie stays quiet and smiles, Janet speaks her mind and sometimes yells..."
(J.L., p. 132)