Lightning in a Mason Jar : A Novel

In South Carolina, a woman discovers her aunt’s profound secrets in an emotional novel spanning decades about trauma, survival, and the bonds of female friendship by a USA Today bestselling author. Since Bailey Rae Rigby’s adoptive aunt Winnie passed, Bent Oak, South Carolina, doesn’t have much of a hold on her anymore.So it seems. Bailey Rae aims to settle the small estate and, armed with her aunt’s inspiring personal cookbook, buy a food truck with an ocean view in Myrtle Beach.Everything goes awry when a distraught young mother arrives in town clutching a copy of that same cookbook.Embedded inside is a code that promises a safe place in Bent Oak for desperate women on the run.For Bailey Rae it opens up a world of questions. Who really was the beloved aunt she’s known most of her life?Winnie Ballard’s story reaches back fifty years—one of a Southern debutante’s harrowing marriage, of her escape and reinvention, and the galvanizing friendship of three resilient women who overcame their traumas, created a shelter, and found purpose.But there’s more to Winnie’s deliverance and long-held secrets than Bailey Rae imagines. With each revelation, Bailey Rae draws on her aunt’s courage to find purpose herself.For now, whatever threats may come, Bailey Rae isn’t going anywhere.