A story of the redemptive power of friendship set in Alabama in 1904 and thepresent day. When Emma Scott claims to be have been raped by a black hobo itsets int... » 

A story of the redemptive power of friendship set in Alabama in 1904 and thepresent day. When Emma Scott claims to be have been raped by a black hobo itsets into a motion a chain of events that will reverberate all the way to thepresent where an abused young woman seeks comfort from a mysterious elderlyman. Debut novel from a Macmillan New Writing author. «