This story demonstrates the heroism of a single parent/outcast whose struggles include being shunned by church members, sexual abuse and being slandered for her assumed promiscuity by the town. Vanessa is thrown to the wolf with little regard when she has a dramatic episode of shouting in church and passes out due to the euphoria that eventually peaks from drinking water from the well. No one raises an eyebrow when Randy Cooper the wolf one of several antagonists insists on taking her home during the ordeal. Miss Gladys Elmore, Barbara Ann's best friend, Christian, and co-antagonist is...