The sun is hot, the air is humid, and trouble is brewing on the Wiggins farm in Weston, Mississippi. The Depression has hit, the Mississippi River is rising, and Jacob Wiggins finds himself with a farm full of cotton to harvest with no one to help him other than his young son, Benjamin. Until the day Mulligan arrives, that is.
From Hank Garner, author of Bloom, comes a riveting tale of pride, redemption, and the importance of family and friendship.