Sheehan, Jacqueline

A historical novel based on the life of Sojourner Truth, telling of her life as a slave, her efforts to reunite her family after being freed, and her call by God to speak out against slavery and in favor of women's rights.

After her husband's unexpected death, Rocky leaves her old life behind, taking a job as Animal Control Warden on Peak's Island, where she begins the painful healing process and realizes that life is still worth living, despite her grief.

After the death of her husband, Rocky Pelligrino begins to rebuild her life and finds stability with an adoring black Lab, a possible new romance, a new home, and a new job. But when a young woman contacts her, looking for information about her biological father, Rocky realizes there may be more to her husband than she ever realized, and worries her life will be thrown into turmoil once more.