David Mixner and James McGreevey

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PART FIVE

From its humble beginnings as a small women's outreach group, the Center began making an impact on the community. When it became clear that the...

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We are to go with Marsha to the Caretta Community Center to see where she works to transform the lives of the people in the hallows. As she gathers up her...

Marsha's homecoming, in the end, was not the humbling humiliation she had feared. Instead, it proved to be a new beginning. Feeling a huge sense of relief, she embraced her childhood home, and came to love and cherish it. And most importantly, it led her one step closer to finding...

Marsha stayed with her sister for two days and then, afraid of being an unnecessary burden, went to visit her friends Linda and Jessie Leak. Jessie, a stocky built man with wild mane of blond curls and a shaggy beard, had fallen on hard times. Along with his wife Linda,...

From the moment you cross the state line, you see and feel the difference.

As we drive from Virginia into McDowell County, West Virginia, the sun is rising and the early morning frost glistens on the far hills across the valley. There is a bracing crispness in the air...