The Girl in the Picture

Inspired by true events, in Sofia Grants powerfully moving new novel a young woman peels back the layers of her familys history, discovering a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present. This unforgettable story is one of hope, healing, and the discovery of truth. Sometimes the untold stories of the past are the ones we need to hear... When Katie Garrett gets the unexpected news that shes received an inheritance from the grandmother she hardly knew, it couldnt have come at a better time. She flees Bostonand her increasingly estranged husbandand travels to rural Texas. There, shes greeted by her distant cousin Scarlett. Friendly, flamboyant, eternally optimistic, Scarlett couldnt be more different from sensible Katie. And as they begin the task of sorting through their grandmothers possessions, they discover letters and photographs that uncover the hidden truths about their shared history, and the long-forgotten tragedy of the New London school explosion of 1937 that binds them. .