On Christmas Eve, Ruby Westbrook finds herself alone in an empty train car, no longer the wide-eyed, ready-to-take-on-the-big-city dancer she’d once been. On a whim, she arrives back in her girlhood hometown of tiny Sullivan, Missouri. Against the backdrop of a city navigating mid-century social and technological upheavals, Ruby begins to relive her past and the love she lost there. Will memory drive her to make a leap of faith, changing the course of her life, and that of the entire town of Sullivan forever?
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Holly Schindler is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author of books for readers of all ages. Her books have received starred reviews in PW and Booklist, and won both the silver medal in Foreword INDIES Book of the Year and the gold medal in the IPPY Awards. She is currently drinking too much coffee while writing her next book. Most likely, her constant companion, a Pekingese named Gus, is at her feet, tugging on her shoelace and trying to convince her to go for a walk.