World of Pies - Large Print Author:Karen Stolz It's 1961 in Annette, Texas, and Roxanne is on the cusp between begging her cousin Tommy to let her play baseball and enjoying stolen kisses with Denny the soda jerk at Doreen's Drugstore. The country itself is on the brink of big change. Her mother shocks the town - and surprises Roxanne - when she insists a black maid be allowed to ent... more »er a delicacy in the July 4th Pie Fair under her own name. Roxanne's world is shaken again by Vietnam, the counterculture, and the struggle for civil rights. Through it all, she and her family will never fail to touch your heart.« less