J. Keck

The fern grotto holds the boy asleep. Sheltered, he has lived in harmony with nature for unmeasured time. One day, he is awakened, brought down by the pain of the warrior’s spear. Thus begins the journey into self-awareness, and into the world of men, women and their children.

By late 1936, the worst years of the Great Depression are over. Wealth has created new opportunities for Minnie: a beautiful home in California, a luxury car, the yearning desire by a handsome lieutenant, and the family’s summer retreat, which draws her like a magnet....

Book three of the ongoing Big House saga erupts against the backdrop of the violent, strife-torn Arkansas Delta during the Great Depression. Terror, deception, and intrigue test Minnie's and her mother Nora's determination to return to the roots of their heritage....

In 1928, Minnie's mother, Nora, arrives at her nursing college after abandoning her a few years ago as a child. What does Nora want? Find out....

Minnie leaves boarding school to spend the summer at The Big House, her cherished Grandpa's home....

Two young women, tortured by their past - and now the present - latch onto Evan, an interning therapist. Jennifer and Ruth make for intense relationships that will test Evan....