| Olivia’s marriage to an African-American man was unacceptable to her mother Emma, Southern-bred ancestor of prominent South Carolina slaveholders.Olivia assumed that bigotry was the product of her mother’s loyalty to long-dead relatives, an allegiance to maintain the family’s white blood line.After Emma’s death though, Olivia finds a letter and an old journal among her belongings.Soon she discovers the secret that prompted Emma to irrationally blame an entire race –… |
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