When the Great Depression steals her dreams of becoming a writer, sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland takes a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers' Project -- and meets a woman whose story will change her life forever.Frankie Washington, 101 years old, has carried the weight of her past for nearly a century. As she shares her memories of slavery and the Civil War, Rena is confronted with painful truths about her own family's history. An unlikely friendship blossoms across barriers of age, race, and circumstance in this moving novel about redemption, resilience, and the power of bearing witness to another's story.Product Details Author: Michelle Shocklee Format: Softcover ISBN: 9781496446077