A Place to Call Home

Twenty years ago Claire Maloney was the willful pampered tomboyish daughter of the towns most respected family but that didnt stop her from befriending Roan Sullivan a fierce motherless boy who lived in a rusted-out trailer amid junked cars No one in Dunderry Georgia--least of all Claires family--could understand the bond between these two mavericks But Roan and Claire belonged togetheruntil the dark afternoon when violence and terror overtook them and Roan disappeared from Claires life Now two decades later Claire is adrift and the Maloneys are still hoping the past can be buried under the rich Southern soil But Roan Sullivan is about to walk back into their livesBy turns tender and sexy and heartbreaking and exuberant A Place to Call Home is an enthralling journey between two hearts--and a deliciously original novel from one of the most imaginative and appealing new voices in Southern fiction.