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[clears throat] She was trying to save both of them. Yes, she could have written, “Help me,” or “I’m alive. ” or given an address,…

She held completely still, posture relaxed, but distant, the way she had seen white men ignore those they considered beneath them. The man glanced at…

In March 2003, a woman in Silverton, New Mexico, opened her mailbox and found a letter with no return address. The postmark was smudged, but…

The name of Clare’s imaginary friend. The name only Karen would recognize. The name that would prove this was not coincidence. Karen stopped. Diane kept…

Karen stood up, looked at her daughter for the first time in 9 years. Lucy had grown, was no longer the three-year-old Karen remembered, was…

The train carved its way through the Georgia countryside, wheels clicking rhythmically against iron rails. Inside the first class car, warmth from the coal stove…

Charleston was the beating heart of the slave trade, a place where fortunes were made at auction blocks and where the machinery of bondage operated…

Passengers disembarking, porters hauling luggage, vendors calling out offers of food and newspapers. Richmond was larger than Savannah, busier than Charleston, and infinitely more dangerous….

I didn’t think Ellen began, then stopped. Every word was quicksand. He’s been with my family for years. I was traveling for my health. I…