In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock--the "Widow of the South"--has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But when her ambitious, politically-minded grown son, Theopolis, is murdered, Mariah--no stranger to loss--finds her world once more breaking apart. How could this happen? Who wanted him dead?
Mariah's journey to uncover the truth leads her to unexpected people--including Robert Cannon, a recent arrival to town, fleeing a difficult past of his own--and forces her to confront the truths of her own past. Brimming with the vivid prose and historical research that has won Robert Hicks recognition as a "master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle).
- ISBN10 0446581763
- ISBN13 9780446581769
- Publish Date 29 September 2016 (first published 13 September 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Grand Central Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English