First published 2017
Leo Nolan watches his dying mother clutch a rose she claims came from her brother, missing for five decades. He dismisses her words as delirium until letters arrive at his home postmarked 1934, written by that same vanished uncle. The impossible correspondence pulls Leo from modern Toronto into a search that leads him to Ashland, Kentucky, where he discovers a window between worlds and times. His journey connects him to his maternal grandfather Martin Radey, whose own story spans the Depression era. Later, a son from the next generation joins Leo to uncover the truth about his biological father. Three generations of one family navigate the mysteries that link past and present, finding that time itself bends to reunite loved ones separated by decades. The trilogy reveals how family secrets surface across the years and how the search for heritage becomes a journey through both memory and reality.
Genres: family-life, historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, search-for-identity
Setting: Toronto, Ashland, Kentucky
Period: 1934, Modern
536 pages · Kindle Edition · Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy