Born to drug-dealing parents in rural Indiana, J. Dana Trent sought to be the daughter both her parents wanted: a drug lord's heir and a debutante minister. After graduating from Duke University, Dana imagines her hidden Indiana life was finally behind her, becoming a professor and an ambivalent female Southern Baptist minister. She thought she had written a new story, only to realize that her childhood secrets kept her from making peace with the people and places that shaped her. Ultimately, Dana found that no one can really "make it" until they return to where their story began: home.
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