Revisiting her beloved characters, this is the compassionate and heart-breaking story of the wayward son, Jack Boughton. In segregated St. Louis sometime after World War II, Jack falls in love with Della Miles, an African-American high school teacher, also a preacher's child, with a discriminating mind, a generous spirit, and an independent will. Their fraught, beautiful story is one of Robinson's greatest achievements. From the author of "Gilead".