An evocative, delicately comic story of a girl's coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized as a special child, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. N...

The author of The Baby of the Family presents another novel of relationships and pathos as she follows the struggles of three very different women over one weekend as they seek to confront the pain of their lives. Reader's Guide avail...