When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family’s property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past, the present, and herself.
One hundred years earlier, a single violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. In a country rife with violence against blacks and a hometown segregated by Jim Crow, Will must make hard choices on a painful journey towards self discovery and face his inner demons in order to do what’s right the night Tulsa burns.
Join us as we explore themes of racism, privilege, identity, and the true history of racial violence of our own region through this historical fiction novel.
(Content Warning: This book contains violence and racial slurs.)
This six-week study will meet on Thursday evenings at 7pm CST from Oct. 9 - Nov. 13 via Zoom.
To join in:
1) Register below.
2) Purchase a copy of the book.
(As always, I encourage you to make use of your local library or buy local as you're able.)
