Bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde tells a touching story about love and friendship, hope and solidarity. Texas 1959: The determined Dr. Lucy Armstrong had to give up her dream of becoming a doctor. For independent women, her neighbors have only distrust and contempt. Since then, she has lived in seclusion on a remote farm, caring for animals in need. But when the boy Pete, who struggles with his brutal and cold-hearted father, brings an injured wolf dog to Lucy, a friendship begins to blossom between them that dispels their loneliness. Meanwhile, Calvin and Justin Bell are drawing the ire of the respectable citizens of the village: having just moved in, they are defenseless against the hatred of the white Southerners towards Black people. They never imagined they would find refuge on the outskirts of this hostile community.