Columbia, Illinois - 1904 The nightmares began after the flash flood, after the funeral, after she discovered the letters in the attic. Fleeing the horrifying reminders, Ruth Blanchard sets out on a journey in search of the family she never knew. Traveling from coast to coast, she finds more than a grieving grandfather, a mysterious aunt, and a handsome fellow-traveler Saul Solomon, she discovers the source of her mother's fears, her father's secret past, and her future, including a writer who propels her into the limelight at the end of her life, just when she thinks her work on earth is nearing an end
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