Publisher's Synopsis
It is summer, 2022. Polly and Hunter Burke await the birth of their daughter, Pearl. They, like most people, anticipate a new normal as the world learns to co-exist with Covid 19. The future looks bright for the new family, yet a shadow has fallen across Polly's heart. Changes in her husband trouble her. The kind and gentle man she married has become hard, and sullen, like the rough group of men he has become swept up into.
The men who befriended Hunter are part of an underground network of men who consider themselves confederates, although the civil war ended over 100 years ago. For many in the south, it only went underground, where racism runs deep. Polly wonders if her husband has become entangled in this covert civil war.
On a stifling August night, Polly goes into labor. Hunter is by her side. Hours later, she delivers a beautiful baby with skin the color of café au lait, topped with thick black curls. Now what?
