1859. In the Brown household, the abolitionist cause is passed down from father to daughter. In the midst of the Civil War, young Sarah follows in her famous father's footsteps, sacrificing everything in her life as a woman in his fight for freedom...
2014, suburb of Washington. By purchasing this old house on Apple Hill, Eden thought she could cure her desire for a child—one her body refused. A new life, new neighbors, and, above all, this mysterious doll's head found in the cellar—will open up a new path, one that has been mapped out for her for over 150 years.
Several decades separate these two women, yet their destinies are similar in many ways...

"Sarah McCoy creates a great fresco as Americans know so well how to imagine them." ELLE .