Many thanks to NetGalley and Koehler Books for gifting me a digital ARC of this wonderful historical fiction novel by Randy Susan Meyers. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars!
Annabel Cooper wants to save the world. She begins her mission in 1964 as a part of Freedom Summer in Mississippi, trying to register Blacks to vote. She meets her first love and his disappearance ignites her fight for justice even stronger. Later, she and her husband as well as four other couples form a Boston political group, living together with all their children. But as the parents' pull to become more active gets stronger, they move the children to a farm in Vermont, cared for by one of the group members. Annabel's daughter, Ivy, wants to be normal and misses her parents. A disaster changes everything.
I love how this book explores the mother/child relationship amid all the political and societal changes from the 60s to present day, as viewed from both Annabel and Ivy. The parents had the best of intentions - to fight for what they believed is right while keeping their children safe and away from the turmoil. But we know what is said about good intentions. This book languished too long on my TBR shift; it was a thought-provoking and sometimes heartbreaking read.
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