Bitter in the Mouth Author:Monique Truong Growing up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, in the '70s & '80s, Linda Hammerick knows that she is different. She has strong, almost paralysing associations between words & tastes, she doesn't look like everyone else, & isn't popular. She finds her way through life with the help of her great uncle and her best frien... more »d fat-thin-fat Kelly.« less