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For readers of Orphan Train and The
Nightingale comes a "thought-provoking [and] complex
tale about two families, two generations apart…based on a
notorious true-life scandal" (Library
Journal).
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill
Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life
aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But
when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one
stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive
in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into
a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss
children are assured that they will soon be returned to
their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At
the mercy of the facility's cruel director, Rill fights to
keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger
and uncertainty.
Aiken, South Carolina, present day.
Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have
it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a
handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But
when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health
crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable
questions and compels her to take a journey through her
family's long-hidden history, on a path that will
ultimately lead either to devastation or to
redemption.
Based on one of America's most notorious
real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a
Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor
children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa
Wingate's riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting
tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead
to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.
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