The Memory of Cotton
A novel

When 15-year-old Shelby inadvertently finds something shocking in her grandmother's house, she and her best friend, Darrin, drive traumatized Grandma to her hometown in North Carolina to help her make amends with the past. But the murderous secret that Grandma divulges is only half the truth, and when the teens jump into the mystery and piece together what happened in 1956, Grandma reveals a shocking twist that forces the kids to confront their own deepest fears.