The Singleton family's fortunes seem unaffected by the Great
Depression, and Perri--along with the other girls at Atlanta's
elite Washington Seminary--lives a carefree life of tea dances with
college boys, matinees at the cinema, and debut parties. But when
tragedies strike, Perri is confronted with a world far different
from the one she has always known.
At the insistence of her parents, Mary "Dobbs" Dillard, the
daughter of an itinerant preacher, is sent from inner-city Chicago
to live with her aunt and attend Washington Seminary, bringing
confrontation and radical ideas. Her arrival intersects at the
point of Perri's ultimate crisis, and the tragedy forges an
unlikely friendship.
The Sweetest Thing tells the story of two remarkable young
women--opposites in every way--fighting for the same goal:
surviving tumultuous change.
Elizabeth Musser is the author of seven novels, including the bestselling The Swan House. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, she and her husband currently reside near Lyon, France.