Download or read book Girls of Tender Age written by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary-Ann Tirone Smith grew up in New England during the 1950s. Her neighbourhood was typical small-town America - everyone's door was left unlocked at night, and everything was within walking distance. In many ways it was a normal rough-and-tumble childhood, but someone would shatter it and change Smith's life and that of her town, forever.