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Julie Holt has spent a life molded by the disappearance of her younger sister. The trauma erases family bonds she once counted on. After decades in a coveted arts position, a chance encounter with a struggling artist—whom she sees in her sister—sparks a protective bond that thrusts Julie into a painful process of healing. Their connection draws her to a house on the Gulf Coast, washed by Hurricane Katrina, where buried family stories surface and her sense of identity is reshaped.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Coming of Age/Childhood Coming of Age
Authors: Karen White
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