This, the second book of the Memories of a Southern Girl series continues the saga of Tommye growing up in rural Arkansas and the life changes she experienced. At their new home in Palmyra, she learned that jumping on snakes cleared the swimming hole of the cotton mouths that lurked there in the cool waters of the swimming hole! That was only one of the many new experiences for Tommye, George and Wes to discover here in their new homestead. School was one of the easier ones to adjust to. Some others, such as boy/girl relationships didn't go as well. Hunting, fishing, and horseback riding provided many memorable experiences for the trio and all of their newly acquired friends. Of course, animals still played a huge role in their life in Palmyra. Tommye finds that she can endure much pain, but that causes her to truly become a person on a mission......a mission to escape!