This latest Together We Read U.S book club pick, One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris, asks deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive.

In the eight years since a terrifying sexual assault, Sara Lancaster has moved far away from her home in Savannah, Georgia in an attempt to leave the past behind her. Besides her emotional scars, the one thing that will always remain with her is her outgoing, curious daughter, Alana - the brightest light in what has otherwise been her darkest days.

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"A gorgeously written, tender examination of love, loss and the heart-wracking journey toward forgiveness." —Lola Akinmade Akerstrom, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black

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