Casey Black is an Instagram Influencer with millions of followers. She's about to have a seven-year vow renewal when her husband walks out minutes before the ceremony is about to start. She goes home, goes live on Instagram and in one ten minute segment virtually destroys her career. Needing a break from her life, she goes to South Carolina to find out about the people she came from. There she meets the grandmother she never knew and finds more than just herself, she finds her true purpose and it's not with Instagram.
Granna, as she calls her grandmother, teaches her how to cook, how to grow plants, and more about who she really is. With the help of Nigel Evanston, she learns farming, and that not all of life needs to be lived online. There are experiences to be had simply by living them.
Granna gives Casey some journals and diaries of her grandmother, Odessa, and her grandfather, Elijah, that describe the incarnation of the Black family. The hardships, the victories, and the daily-ness of life post-war in the 1860s and beyond.
Throughout the book, Casey has had to make some hard decisions, but coming into her own and standing on her own two feet makes her who she is by the end of the book. Besides Casey, Nigel, and Granna, there are some characters who become family members to the reader, especially Aunt Thea who knows someone connected to the family to do anything that needs to be done. She is a great resource for workmen, mechanics, cooks, whatever you need, Aunt Thea knows who does it, and it's always a family member. That kind of resource is invaluable.
Rhonda McKnight has written a stellar book that at times frustrates, always engages, and inevitably compels the reader to continue. It's hard to put down, hard to let go, and destined to become a favorite book by Rhonda's readers. Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and a glass of sweet tea without too much ice.
Thomas Nelson provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions are solely my own.
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