AsearingandtendernovelaboutayoungBlackjournalist’ssearchforanswersintheunsolvedmurderofhergreat-grandfatherinsegregatedBirmingham,Alabama,decadesago--inspiredbytheauthor’sownfamilyhistoryBirmingham,1929:RobertLeeHarrington,amastercarpenter,hasjustmovedtoAlabamatopursueajobopportunity,bringingalonghispregnantwifeandyoungdaughter.Birminghamisinitsheyday,knownasthe“MagicCity“foritsboomingsteelindustry.Butwithhisbeautiful,light-skinnedwifeandsnazzycar,Robertbeginstoworrythathemightbedrawingthewrongkindofattentioninhisnewtown.Detroit,2019:MeghanMcKenzie,theyoungestreporterattheDetroitFreePress,hasgrownuphearingfamilyloreabouthergreat-grandfather’smurder--butnooneknowswhatreallyhappenedbackthen.Determinedtofindanswerstoherfamily’slong-buriedtragedy,MeghantravelstoBirmingham.Butasherinvestigationbeginstouncoverdarksecretsthatspideracrossboththecityandtime,herlifemaybeindanger.Inspiredbytrueevents,Time’sUndoingisbothapassionatetaleofonewoman’squestforthetruthbehindtheraciallymotivatedtraumathathashauntedherfamilyforgenerationsand,asnewfoundfriendsandsupportersinBirminghamrallyaroundMeghan’ssearch,theupliftingstoryofacommunitycomingtogethertofightforchange.
