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A History of Silence (Heartland Trilogy #1)

A History of Silence (Heartland Trilogy #1)

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Publication Date: March 7th, 2023
Publisher:
Atmosphere Press
ISBN:
9781639886333
Pages:
422
Bear Pond Books of Montpelier
1 on hand, as of Mar 27 4:16pm
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Description

Four women, unknowingly bound together by one man's violent past.

Johnny Wharton is a history professor and descendant of a Texas "planter family" - a legacy that's followed him all the way to 1985. Tough-girl Jenny (Johnny's daughter), runs away to Madison, blotting out her past with distance, drugs, and sex. Her loner lifestyle is upended by her new roommate's scary insistence on friendship. Emotionally damaged Jane (Johnny's new graduate student) gives Johnny's offer of an affair a try, thinking she might manage if it's furtive and part-time. Maddie (his lesbian colleague) is grief-stricken; her longtime Black lady love Roz left her - inexplicably. Conservatively raised Liz (Johnny's wife) is desperate to reconnect with her estranged daughter. She's beginning to realize that Johnny's past has left unspeakable scars on her family's present.

As the lives of these four women intertwine in unexpected ways, each learns the past can't be conquered until it's confronted, and its secrets revealed - and shared.