From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption, asking readers to question what it means to stop surviving and start living. Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because her father told her so. She knows this because all the other Wildes are dead. Surviving is nothing new to Leigh. So, when the transport bus taking her to prison runs off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what's in her nature. Leigh survives and starts walking. Quick to realize nobody is looking for her, Leigh takes her chance, stumbling upon a remote flower farm in Alabama. The farm, run by Jackson, a local do-gooder with big dreams of his own, seems the perfect place to hide. What Leigh doesn't expect is to also heal. As time passes, Leigh finds herself at peace with the slow life and small trials of the farm, taking solace among the flowers and the family Jackson has built. But the past isn't so easily buried, and soon enough Leigh is faced with a devastating Can she leave her transgressions and enjoy the life she has built, or is the truth of who she is her only path to redemption?
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“Terah Shelton Harris’s daring debut is nothing short of astonishing. To write a novel that has the capacity to uplift you while it tears your heart to shreds is a balancing act few can achieve, but Harris does with ease and endless empathy. The best writers are brave writers, and Harris has proven herself among those ranks.” —Mateo Askaripour, New York Times bestselling author of Black Buck Terah Shelton Harris is a librarian and freelance writer who now writes upmarket fiction with bittersweet endings. As a freelancer, her work has appeared in numerous consumer and trade magazines including Catapult, Women’s Health, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Backpacker, Minority Nurse, and more. One Summer in Savannah is her first novel.
