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"Everyone has their own skeleton in the closet." This phrase becomes a reality for Everi, a successful business woman, the youngest daughter of an influential Senator Stafford, when she comes from Washington home due to her father's illness. The girl’s life is planned to the smallest detail, she is forgiven for a serious political career, but at one of the events in the nursing home an old woman named May, the old bracelet is stacked from her hand... And from this bracelet, Everi's journey into the distant past begins with random sles of grandmother Judy. P>

Many years ago, a poor, friendly and cheerful family lived on the Mississippi River in a floating house: mom, dad, Rill, three of her sisters and brother. Soon, another replenishment was also expected - and once on a stormy night, the parents of Rill along the river went to the maternity hospital. And the next morning the police stole children right from the boat. And they became small prisoners in one of the shelters of the Society of Orphanages Tenness and expensive goods for his head, Miss Georgia Tann. The guys are beaten, bullying and separation, which could become eternal.

empathizing with the old woman May and trying to restore justice, Everi reveals the shameful secret of his family. But the tact, sincere affection for parents and grandmother, and even sudden love help a young woman to maintain harmony in relations with relatives and hear the “melody of her life.”

based on the real tragic events of the last century, the novel of an American journalist and The writers of Lisa Wingate caused a huge resonance: he became a bestseller and was awarded several prestigious awards.