Folly Park

<b>Fans of <i>Surviving Savannah</i> by Patti Callahan <i>The Book of Lost Friends</i> by Lisa Wingate and <i>Almost Sisters</i> by Joshilyn Jackson will enjoy <i>Folly Park</i>.</b> <p/>Are we ever able to escape the past? Should we be allowed to? <p/>Though deeply ashamed of her slaveholding heritage Temple Preston's sense of duty and bittersweet memories tie her to Folly Park her family's crumbling ancestral plantation in Virginia. Now a cash-strapped tourist attraction Folly Park was once the home of Confederate General Thomas Temple Smith a southern war hero who died under mysterious circumstances. Temple is pursuing a plan to secure the house museum's future when her summer research assistant a Black PhD student uncovers a remarkable secret: the general's wife gave birth to a biracial baby while he was away fighting in the Civil War. This discovery turns Temple's quiet insulated life upside down and--along with further revelations about the past that come to light in the ensuing weeks--fuels the growing tension in her hometown as a Black activist and Temple's own race-baiting brother square off in a local campaign for mayor. Faced with threats and betrayal Temple discovers who she really is--and how much she's willing to lose to tell the truth.<br>