The Enormous Arrival

A woman of mixed race negotiates the treacherous currents of a transitional but still racist South in order to achieve wealth and success while the romance of her life continues to elude her.Folly Steeples comes as an orphan child to live with the servants of venerable Lawson Hall. She discovers allies and benefactors in unexpected places, and, as doors of surprising opportunity open to her, she is drawn into the complex mystery of her origins and identity.