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Queen for a Day

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"How would you like to be queen for a day?" Those words opened a popular game show of the 1950s.

Teenage girls like Catty Wadsworth gazed upon sweet ladies on the show, who receive a gift--such as a new stove! Each woman has submitted a story of a tragic accident, disease, or an important need, like a wheelchair. Catty hopes for a new car for the family so her mother, the sole breadwinner, can get to work alive.

Catty is a fantasizer; she dreams of Hollywood romances, but she lives in the rea...