by Lisa Wingate
First published 2020
When successful New York editor Jen Gibbs discovers a crumbling manuscript, she has no idea it will take her on a journey back to the Blue Ridge Mountains and her twisted family ties. Drawn into a mystery surrounding the manuscript's unnamed author, Jen must confront her past to uncover the story of Sarra, a young mixed-race woman trapped in Appalachia a century ago. This dual-timeline tale explores the weight of family secrets and the power of the stories we tell ourselves.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dual-timeline, secrets
448 pages · Paperback · Tyndale Fiction