Summer in Job's Corner meant big trees, cool grass, and
sweltering afternoons stretching endlessly under the
Southern sun. Those were the days without plastic,
microwaves, television, or air conditioning, a time when
clocks ticked comfortingly in the night and a cool breeze
was a gift. But as the long sultry summer of 1949 comes to
an end, events will transform this sleepy Southern crossroads.
After losing her mother to polio, eleven-year-old Carley
Marshall comes to Job's Corner to make a new start, along
with her Aunt Kate and Uncle Stephen Whitfield and her
cousins Abby and John. The family is welcomed warmly by this
small North Carolina community as Stephen takes up the post
of pastor to Bethel Church, a Presbyterian congregation. But
their welcome begins to wear thin and covert criticism runs
rampant as Stephen challenges age-old beliefs and traditions.
As Job's Corner confronts national struggles for civil
rights, coal strikes, and hysteria over Communism, Stephen's
voice of reason gets lost in the growing hostility of a
vocal minority. Though this quintessential Southern
community seems to be filled with people who are the salt of
the earth, secrets and lies are hidden beneath the
easy-going surface-and the truth must be revealed before an
innocent man is convicted of murder.
With the dawning of a new decade, Carley learns to face her
own family secrets. And discovers that we all must make the
journey to truth alone.
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