Bestselling author Henry has become one of the Souths most unforgettable voices. Now, in her emotionally engaging new novel, she portrays a woman burdened by the past--and the choices she must face to break free.

Bestselling author Henry has become one of the Souths most unforgettable voices. Now, in her emotionally engaging new novel, she portrays a woman burdened by the past--and the choices she must face to break free.

New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry portrays a woman burdened by the past--and the choices she must face to break free of it--in this emotional, engaging novel. **

Nine months after her father's death, Catherine Leary still hasn't fulfilled his last wish: that she scatter his ashes in the Seaboro River in South Carolina. The scene of a childhood tragedy that forced her family to move, Seaboro is the last place Catherine wants to see again. But on the evening of her thirtieth birthday, her father's young colleague--whom she once dated--pays a visit... Hoping to stop Forrest Anderson from exposing her family's secrets, she travels to her once-beloved Lowcountry town and embarks on a poignant trip into the past...a journey that might lead her into a new life of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery.