"A novel" - cover.

When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But return she does, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children. What she hopes to find is solace with her dear grandmother who raised her. Instead she finds that her grandmother has died and that her estranged mother is drifting further away from her memories. Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she herself once was. Vivien knows there is only one way to rediscover herself--by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted her them for generation.