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When Detroit Free Press reporter Elizabeth Balsam meets James Rich, his strange request–that she look up a relative she didn’t know she had in order to deliver an old camera and a box of photos–seems like it isn’t worth her time. But when she loses her job after a botched investigation, she suddenly finds herself with nothing but time.

At her great-aunt’s 150-year-old farmhouse, Elizabeth uncovers a series of mysterious items, locked doors, and hidden graves. As she searches for answers to the riddles around her, the remarkable stories of two women who lived in this very house emerge as testaments to love, resilience, and courage in the face of war, racism, and misunderstanding. And as Elizabeth soon discovers, the past is never as past as we might like to think.

Some great writing and a captivating story, but I always struggle to get lost in split timeline stories. The three timelines in this book made it harder for me to engage. Looking past the timeline jumping, the story is full of vivid descriptions and characters. The conflicts are poignant and heartbreaking yet hopeful in the end. I just wanted to get swept away, and the multiple timelines didn’t allow me to do that.

If you enjoy split timeline and women’s fiction, I think you’ll enjoy this book.

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