First of all, how can you not fall in love with a girl named Tallulah from Mississippi? We meet her as a young woman who has just discovered that her baby brother is on trial for murder. Reminiscent of "Ordinary Grace", we watch Lulie deal with family secrets and current crises with timelines beginning in 1958 and in her present (1972). We see the cast of the novel deal with current events like civil rights, the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam and Charles Manson. Lulie feels destined to fix her family's problems and spends many hours in her childhood casting her worries into the river behind their house. Will she find someone who can help her deal with those problems in real time? Read the book and discover the story of Tallulah James.