It's a gift more than 50 years in the making. Barbara Rieco wrote a children's book in 1972. It was based on a true story - a little girl she had met while living in Appalachia briefly. It was her first encounter with real poverty.
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It's a gift more than 50 years in the making. Barbara Rieco wrote a children's book in 1972.
