A touching epistolary memoir exploring family, identity, and the South.West Coast-based Aunt K writes to her niece DeeDee, sharing family history and anecdotes about their North Carolina relatives. The letters evolve into broader discussions of community, loss, love, ambition, leaving the South, and what it means to negotiate life as a female. Integral to the correspondence are books and writers, landscapes and cityscapes. This memoir explores the inter-weavings of person and place, and the elements that conspire to make us who we are. If you enjoy reflective essays, Southern literature, and stories of family and identity, this memoir is for you. Discover a world of memory, connection, and the enduring power of place.