In July of 1941, Oklahoma shimmers in the summer heat, families gather for backyard picnics in the shade, and couples race to the altar as the war in Europe intensifies. Bessie Blackwell Davis struggles to adjust to married life at the ripe old age of forty-three. Mildred Henderson says goodbye to her beloved home in Bartlesville and boards a train to New Jersey to rejoin her family. And thirteen-year-old Johnny Fuller begs his older cousin, Wahya, to help him find his father.

Since learning the truth about his birth, Johnny has been tied up in knots—anger and frustration building inside him toward the woman he calls mother and who lied to him all these years. Johnny’s desire to find his father turns desperate when a carefully preserved letter hints at his father’s identity and a possible location. How far will Johnny go to find his father and what will he learn along the way?

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