Description: Edwina's shaky world is rocked by the murder of a childhood friend on a sweltering Georgia day in 1929. War erupts between the fed-up poor folks of Shine Town and Edy's in-laws, the old money Jacksons of Canes Crossin. Edwina and her sister are trapped in the middle. Growing up Shine Town trash with their single mother, Edwina and Josephine knew about hard living. Then Beauregard Jackson planted a prized baby boy in Edy's sister. The Jacksons were rumored to own everything in the valley and then some. Ruling from the family's plantations, they clung to bygone ways and enforced their will on others, until hubris made them vulnerable. Jealousy, loneliness, adoration, and defiance warred inside Edy. She spent years reconciling hatred of the Jacksons and love for her sister. But when their mother suddenly vanishes, the fragile balance crumbles. Get tangled in hardscrabble living, small town politics, blood feuds, nearly forgotten folkways, family legacy, and a dash of Appalachian magic.
