by Lisa Wingate >> From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives. Louisiana 1875: Three young women set off on a journey as unwilling companions. Hannie, a freed slave, wonders if the journey will bring her long-lost family back; Lavinia and Juneau Jane are half-sisters who embark on the journey with a sense of loss and desperation. Louisiana, 1987: First-year teacher Benedetta Silva lands in a tiny Louisiana town that is noticeably suspicious of new ideas and new people. But amid the gnarled live oaks and run-down plantation homes lie the century-old history of the three young women, and a hidden book that could change everything.
