This haunting story about wealth ... and history ... and privilege ... and intergenerational relationships ... and racial injustice stayed with me so strongly that I had to retrieve it from my library borrowing history when I couldn't remember its name. Evie, a history professor who can make the subject come alive for her students, is drawn into a much more personal quest to uncover her own family's history and secrets and many versions. I'd not have imagined I would enjoy a book about a family rich enough to own its own island, much less come to understand and care about them. But Sarah Blake made it happen.