Beth Duke Books in Order

Twenty-one linked stories trace Delaney Robinson’s family across generations, from famine-era Ireland to modern Alabama. Relatives tell their own versions of love, loss and survival, revealing how conflicting memories shape a family’s understanding of its past.

Delaney’s family history unfolds from Depression-era Alabama to the destructive tornadoes of 2011. Across shifting generations, love, betrayal and loss test the bonds connecting relatives and friends to one another and to their Southern home.

Nurse and aspiring writer Ronni Johnson befriends Violet, an elderly resident with a remarkable past. A bequest requiring Ronni to write Violet’s biography sends her into decades of Alabama history, where hidden connections complicate the story.

Adrift at twenty-one, Skye Willis joins her grandmother’s search for proof of their Creek ancestry. Unexpected genetic results lead her beyond their Alabama hometown, toward family secrets and unanswered questions about the father she lost.

Back at Fairfield Springs after writing Violet’s biography, Ronni receives a request from Chet Wilson’s son to uncover his father’s past. Her investigation returns her to wartime Alabama and the secrets surrounding Violet and Sam.

Baezy travels from a peaceful future to Woodstock to meet the ancestor whose work made her world possible. Falling for a teacher facing the draft threatens her mission, because changing his fate could unravel her own future.