<p><b>PRE-ORDER NOW THE NEW NOVEL BY CHARMAINE WILKERSON, THE <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WORD-OF-MOUTH SENSATION <i>BLACK CAKE</i>.<br></b><br>''One of the great multi-generational storytellers of our time.''<br><b>Abi Dar¿author of <i>The Girl With the Louding Voice</i></b><br><br>''A remarkable exploration of family bonds, grief, heartbreak, friendship, and the deep scars of slavery and racism...This novel solidifies Wilkerson''s place as one of the great multi-generational storytellers of our time. '' Abi Dar¿<i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Girl with the Louding Voice</i><br><br><b>---</b><br>When Ebby Freeman travels to France to take a three-month hiatus from her complicated home life, the last person she expects to find is her ex-fianc¿enry, with his new girlfriend in tow.<br><br>Nearly twenty years earlier, the Freemans were the only African American family living in a wealthy coastal enclave in Connecticut when armed robbers invaded their hom