The Setting: Alabama 1963 and 1982

Recommended Grade Level: 9-12

Suggested Areas of Study and Discussion: Interracial Marriage and the Law, Interracial families, Child Custody, Segregation, Bystander Effect, Child Custody, Parental Competence, Roots of Racism

The Story: A woman returns to the playground where she last saw her mother, searching for the life she might have had. By revisiting her past, and meeting the half-brother she never knew, she finds a new path back to herself. This gently and heartfelt journey reminds us that society can only be different once the ghosts of another era are put to rest.