Brandi Harden

Twelve O' Three

Gracie was never the type of girl who found herself admiring the Disney princesses, but she did find herself sympathizing with Bell from “Beauty and the Beast” more than she’d ever admit. Gracie saw how misunderstood Bell was for being the only girl in town who strived to get an education and how powerful her love for books was, and felt as though she could relate to what she was going through since in her own small town of Rogersville Tennessee, she was one of few girls her age with a passion to expand her horizons past getting a day job at Red Dogg on Main. She was captivated by Bell’s ability to become fully immersed in her books. Gracie connected to Bell’s ability to escape her small town, even just for a little while, to the places in which she yearned for.