Jamie Montgomery accompanies her father from the New Orleans she loved and understood to the very different world of Winchester, Virginia. As she struggles to understand and to be accepted, this new world she is trying to embrace begins to crumble about her. As we walk with her through these hills of pride, Jamie must learn how to cope with a society that claims she is not worthy of inclusion, with a cherished man whose love is ever out of reach, and with a town and nation torn asunder. The resourceful, loving woman who emerges at once astonishes and delights the readers of this profound and authentic story.