Crystal Adams never expected to return to the world she left behind. A world of grandeur, secrets, and unspoken rules. When she reconnects with David Becker, the boy who was once her friend, now a man scarred by war and haunted by loss, she is drawn into a story of memory, resilience, and unexpected love.A sweeping tale of memory, resilience, and the transformative power of human connection, this novel explores how our past shapes our present, and how even in the face of unimaginab...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...