The Cast Iron Patio Set 1974

In 1974, on the quiet ridges of Griffith Creek Mountain in Whitwell, Tennessee, a seven-year-old boy wakes each morning with a heart older than his years. His memories-too heavy for such small shoulders-are filled with sorrow he has never learned to name. He tries, in his own innocent way, to hide it. To control it. To keep it from spilling out where anyone can see.

Each morning he boards a school bus he despises. Not because of school, but because the ride steals him away from the two peopl...