Author Cassandra Fallows believes she may have found the story that could become her next bestseller. When she was a girl growing up in a racially diverse middle-class neighborhood in Baltimore, a shy, quiet, unobtrusive child named Calliope Jenkins orbited Cassandra’s circle of friends. Later Calliope would be accused of an unspeakable crime and would spend seven years in prison for refusing to speak about it. By delving deeply into Calliope’s dark secrets, Cassandra may inadvertently unearth a few of her own—forcing her to reexamine the memories she holds most precious, as the stark light of truth illuminates a mother’s pain, a father’s betrayal...and what really transpired on a terrible day that devastated not only a family but an entire country.

This book has been mailed to shemchin of Plano, Texas as a Christmas surprise because of participation in the Holiday Gift Giving thread on the (not-so) random acts of bookcrossing kindness section of the bookcrossing forum.

I received this book as part of the 2020 HGG from a fellow bookcrosser from my wish list! YEAH! also excited to read it!