1902 - Maybelleen MacGregor, accused of murder, faces a Texas jury. The charge is unproven, but she is found guilty and sentenced to hang.1958 - Margaret Dye flees New York City for the family farm in Kentucky and makes a desperate bid to reconnect a...
Raising herself after her mother abandons her and her father sinks into alcoholism, eleven-year-old Isobel is rescued by Emma Swallow, an ageless giant of a woman who becomes a strong and dependable figure in Isobel's shaky life. Reprint....