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Nora arrives in Lytton, Georgia, a segregated town that is unprepared for her vibrant presence. While teaching the first integrated honors class at the local high school and engaging in town life, tensions surface over her ‘unsouthern’ ways. The community’s secrets unfold, revealing a deeper truth that forces both Nora and the town to confront their history and the cost of love and acceptance.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Anne Rivers Siddons
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