Drawing on the little-known true story of a tragic event that took place in the author\'s Missouri hometown at an Ozarks dance hall in 1928, this beautifully written novel, told through twin storylines fifty years apart, explores the unpredictable effect of split-second decisions, small-town tragedy, and the ways family secrets reverberate through generations.
And through Rose, Daisy, Dash--a preacher who found his calling that fateful night--and others, those ghosts gradually come into the light, forcing a reckoning at last..
For a small town, Possum Flats holds a multitude of big secrets, some guarded by the living, some kept by the dead.
Rose, now the local funeral home director, grows increasingly alarmed as her impulsive granddaughter delves into Possum Flats\' history, determined to uncover the horrors and heroes of the fiery blast.
A bright, inquisitive fifteen-year-old, Daisy bargains her way into an internship at the local newspaper--where she learns of the mysterious long-ago tragedy and its connection to her family.
Fifty years later, Daisy Flowers is dumped on her grandmother Rose\'s doorstep for the summer.
Then, on a sweltering, terrible August night in 1928, an explosion rocks Lamb\'s Dance Hall in Possum Flats, Missouri, engulfing it in flames, leaving one twin among the dozens dead, and her sister\'s life forever changed.
Still, they are each other\'s world.
By nineteen, their temperaments distinguish them, as different as the flowers their mother named them for--Violet, wild and outgoing, and Rose, solitary and reserved.
At birth, Violet and Rose Flowers were identical, save for a tiny bluish-purple mark gracing Violet\'s slender neck.
Sure to resonate with fans of Daniel Woodrell, Donna Everhart, Ellen Marie Wiseman, and Jeannette Walls.
Drawing on the little-known true story of a tragic event that took place in the author\'s Missouri hometown at an Ozarks dance hall in 1928, this beautifully written novel, told through twin storylines fifty years apart, explores the unpredictable effect of split-second decisions, small-town tragedy, and the ways family secrets reverberate through generations
