On an early spring morning in Richmond, Virginia, in the year 1885, a young pregnant woman is found floating in the city reservoir. It appears that she has committed suicide, but there are curious clu
Coming of age in rural North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century, Mary Bet, the youngest of nine children, endures such family challenges as a disabled older brother, an increasingly unstable fat
In rural North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century, Mary Bet, the youngest of nine children, endures tremendous family challenges and tragedies against a backdrop of Reconstruction, industri
