The country is changing, and her own world is being turned upside down.
Homeward follows Rose\'s path toward self-discovery and growth as she becomes involved in the Civil Rights Movement, finally becoming the woman she has always dreamed of being..
And of course, there is also the young man, Isaac Weinberg, whose passion for activism stirs something in her she didn\'t think she would ever feel again.
Feeling emotions for the first time in what feels like forever, the excited and frightened Rose finds herself becoming increasingly involved in the resistance efforts.
Her sister introduces her to members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee--young people are taking risks and fighting battles Rose has only seen on television.
After tragedy strikes her husband in the war overseas, a numb Rose is left with pieces of who she used to be and is forced to figure out what she is going to do with the rest of her life.
Rose Perkins Bourdon returns home to Parsons, GA, without her husband and pregnant with another man\'s baby.
Georgia, 1962.
Nothing--and no one--will ever be the same.
The country is changing, and her own world is being turned upside down
