Lia Cope returns home in the spring of 1999 with secrets she refuses to share. Her grandmother, Mineko, carries her own, memories of prewar Japan, a lost love, and a house she’s never forgotten.
Forced into the same small bedroom in tiny Curtain, Texas, the two women begin to talk. At first it’s awkward. Then, it’s everything.
As Mineko reveals her life as a Japanese war bride, her stories of the Turtle House and a man she once loved, Lia starts to see her family—and herself—with new eyes.
But when Mineko’s children plan to move her into assisted living, she and Lia hatch one final plan.
Some homes are made of wood and stone. Others are built with memory, love, and one impossible dream.
