In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd and her husband Arthur leave Georgia for Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. She watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. She gives birth to nine more children. Arthur is a disappointment to her, as he works at a series of menial jobs; she was raised to believe she was better than that, and deserved more. As she becomes more and more distant, Arthur turns to other women, and Hattie herself has an affair with another man.
Each chapter of the book follows the life of one of the children, with the dysfunctional family life threads running through it.
322 pages
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