Like wildflower seeds drifting on the breeze, Daisy and Willa Grace leave their northern Wisconsin farm in 1933 for Depression-era Chicago, their cheap brown suitcases packed with hopes for the future and the promise of a better life for their family. The death of a younger brother haunts them both in different ways. Daisy is fiercely devoted to her family and vows to return as soon as she can. Surely, marriage and babies will wait for her return.Willa Grace longs for new places an...

In 1944, Esther Foley suffered a humiliating introduction to her reclusive new neighbor, Robert Sommers. When Esther's desperate present and Rober's heartbreaking past collide, they find comfort in a burgeoning friendship that escalates into much more. A desperate act will change their lives forever, and Esther will spend the rest of her days searching for redemption. In the process, she will rediscover the courageous young woman she once was and know that nothing is out of bounds when a f...