1.0Shelbyville, TN Good News Exchangehttps://goodnewsmags.com/shelbyvilleAmanda E. Westhttps://goodnewsmags.com/shelbyville/author/amandawest/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pxq3YWs7w4"><a href="https://goodnewsmags.com/shelbyville/ava-graves-a-good-southern-girl/">Ava Graves: ‘A Good Southern Girl’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://goodnewsmags.com/shelbyville/ava-graves-a-good-southern-girl/embed/#?secret=pxq3YWs7w4" width="600" height="338" title="“Ava Graves: ‘A Good Southern Girl’” — Shelbyville, TN Good News Exchange" data-secret="pxq3YWs7w4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://goodnewsmags.com/shelbyville/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://goodnewsmags.com/shelbyville/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2026/09/3.jpg1200800Ava Graves considers the characters in books her dearest friends. Novels, short stories, poetry, and the authors’ own stories fill Graves with an unending desire to create. They are the breath that fills her creative lungs and the adrenaline that fuels her imagination. When Graves was born, she began receiving books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination […]