Preview of M. V. Sexton Speaking Summary:

M. V. Sexton Speaking is the story of Martha Venable Sexton's sixteenth summer, a summer of self-discovery and initiation into the adult world of work, play and complex but rewarding relationships. When Martha's guardian, Great Aunt Gert, insists she find a summer job, Martha is, at first, reluctant: "Worse than anything," she says, "I hated to be pushed. My resistance juices go into action even if it's something I might, left to myself...