Wanda Duncan is a seventh generation Florida Cracker who left her small rural hometown behind at age eighteen. When she returns to care for her aging mother, she rediscovers the beauty of a quiet, river-front town with brick streets, ancient live oaks and decaying Victorian homes. In the midst of caring for her mother, Wanda's husband commits suicide. That's when the town becomes her refuge as a hidden, healing magic emerges from the sand and moss and sulfur water. Wanda's essays of her Cracker heritage and of rural Florida in the 21st century provide a glimpse of an old and authentic Florida that most tourists miss. Her stories of caring for an aging parent while dealing with personal grief speak to how place can heal a heart, and will resonate with others on this journey.