The Witness Tree

About this book

A tree in rural Iowa bears witness to generations of human experience--and deadly secrets.Dani Holden thinks moving to an old farmstead will help her forget her past. She agrees to help neighbors take down a strange double-headed tree that has stood alone between two fields for almost a century. Unexplainable accidents begin haunting those who help and Dani must uncover a communitys secret before tragedy claims her as its next victim.Danis not the only one running from her past--two generations ago young Lilly Bradstreet is not the person her small town wants her to be. She falls in love with a Mexican migrant worker and is forced to choose between her familys wishes her passionate romance and the life of freedom shes always dreamed of. Lillys long-forgotten quest for independence and Danis search for answers intertwine at the foot of the Witness Tree whose secrets are darker and more unnerving than either woman ever expected. Vivid depictions of small-town bonds young love racism and women whove dreamed and been denied make The Witness Tree a moving page-turning debut novel.