Three women. Three generations. A fate that unites them. Brooklyn 1969: When the unmarried African American woman Grace becomes pregnant, she only wants one thing: to keep her child against all conventions. However, the baby is taken from her and grows up with a young couple. Although Rae learns of her adoption at a very young age, she does not ask questions. To her, Delores and Tommy are her "real" parents. This changes when the death of her father reveals a secret that forces Rae to confront her origins – and her two mothers.

Denene Millner masterfully weaves the lives of Grace, Delores, and Rae into a multigenerational epic that spans from the South in the 1960s through the American civil rights movement to present-day New York. A highly relevant novel about how heritage, culture, and the weight of history continue to shape African American women today, and about the fact that there is no greater power than a mother's love.