Inspired by true events, in Sofia Grant’s powerfully moving new novel a young woman peels back the layers of her family’s history, discovering a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present. This unforgettable story is one of hope, healing, and the discovery of truth.
Sometimes the untold stories of the past are the ones we need to hear...
When Katie Garrett gets the unexpected news that she’s received an inheritance from the grandmother she hardly knew, it couldn’t have come at a better time. She flees Boston—and her increasingly estranged husband—and travels to rural Texas.
There, she’s greeted by her distant cousin Scarlett. Friendly, flamboyant, eternally optimistic, Scarlett couldn’t be more different from sensible Katie. And as they begin the task of sorting through their grandmother’s possessions, they discover letters and photographs that uncover the hidden truths about their shared history, and the long-forgotten tragedy of the New London school explosion of 1937 that binds them.
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“An unspeakable tragedy taints the lives of four generations of women in this poignant story of loss, tumultuous relationships and rupture…Relevant and timely, this novel will compel you to turn the pages until the secret at the heart of this family is finally revealed.”
— Lorena Hughes, author of The Sisters of Alameda Street
“Evocative…Grant’s moving book is a multilayered story of heartache, hope, and healing.”
— Publishers Weekly“This novel will compel you to turn the pages until the secret at the heart of this family is finally revealed.”
— Lorena Hughes, author of The Sisters of Alameda Street“Four generations of women face a world of hard choices and missed connections…Sofia Grant takes us on a prodigal daughter’s bumpy ride home.”
— Pam Rosenthal, RITA Award–winning author of The Edge of ImproprietyBe the first to write a review about this audiobook!
Sofia Grant, called a “writing machine” by the New York Times and a “master storyteller” by the Midwest Book Review, has written dozens of novels for adults and teens under the name Sophie Littlefield. She has won the Anthony and RT Book Awards and been short-listed for the Edgar, Barry, Macavity, and Goodreads Choice Awards. She works from an urban aerie in Oakland, California.
Teri Schnaubelt is a Chicago-based stage, on-camera, and voice actor as well as oil painter and photographer. An Earphones Award–winning narrator, she has voiced over a hundred books for New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors, in addition to helping independent authors get their stories heard.