
With the Vietnam War cranking up, pregnant 17 year old Adie Jenkins discovers the diary of pregnant 17 year old Tempe Jordan, a slave girl, begun as the Civil War was winding down. Adie is haunted by the memory of her dead sister; Tempe is overcome with grief over the sale of...

"A compelling story you won't want to miss Well told and deeply true to its time and place." --Haywood Smith, author of Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch and The Red Hat Club Even the best-kept secrets must be revealed... Seventeen-year-old Adie Jenkins...

In 1963 rural Georgia, pregnant 17-year-old Adie Jenkins discovers the diary of pregnant 17-year-old Tempe Jordan, a slave girl, begun as the Civil War was winding down. The depth of the connection between the two women united by place and separated by race--and a century--is...