Publisher's Synopsis
In 1920, during the hard winter in New York City, Ruby is sent packing from the mansion where she's been a servant since the age of six. A bleak future forces her to hop a train where she discovers hope in Denton, Texas--only to have her newfound happiness shaken to the core when a poor, working-class section of town known as Quakertown is razed, causing black families to lose their homes. Now, Ruby must choose between the family she has come to love and the place where people say she belongs.
