Drawing on the little-known true story of one tragic night at an Ozarks dance hall in 1928, this beautifully written novel, told through interwoven narratives generations apart, is a page-turning tale of love, loss, and reinvention âŠ
At birth, Violet and Rose Flowers were identical, save for a tiny bluish-purple mark gracing Violetâs slender neck. By nineteen, their temperaments distinguish them, as different as the flowers their mother named them forâViolet, wild and outgoing, and Rose, solitary and reserved. Still, they are each otherâs world. Then, on a sweltering, terrible August night in 1928, an explosion rocks Lambâs Dance Hall in Possum Flats, Missouri, engulfing it in flames, leaving one twin among the dozens dead, and her sisterâs life forever changed.
Fifty years later, Daisy Flowers is dumped on her grandmother Roseâs doorstep for the summer. A bright, inquisitive fifteen-year-old, Daisy bargains her way into an internship at the local newspaperâwhere she learns of the mysterious long-ago tragedy and its connection to her family. Rose, now the local funeral home director, grows increasingly alarmed as her impulsive granddaughter delves into Possum Flatsâ history, determined to uncover the horrors and heroes of the fiery blast.
For a small town, Possum Flats holds a multitude of big secrets, some guarded by the living, some kept by the dead. And through Rose, Daisy, Dashâa preacherwho found his calling that fateful nightâand others, those ghosts gradually come into the light, forcing a reckoning at last.
This audiobook is narrated by Jim Frangione, Andrea Gallo, L.J. Ganser, Laura Knight Keating, Christina Moore, and Graham Winton.