Time’s Undoing

A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalistΓÇÖs search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in segregated Birmingham,Alabamadecades agoΓÇöinspired by the authorΓÇÖs own family history Birmingham1929: Robert Lee Harringtona master carpenterhas just moved to Alabama to pursue a job opportunitybringing along his pregnant wife and young daughter. Birmingham is in its heydayknown as the ΓÇ£Magic CityΓÇ¥ for its booming steel industry. But with his beautifullight-skinned wife and snazzy carRobert begins to worry that he might be drawing the wrong kind of attention in his new town. Detroit2019: Meghan McKenziethe youngest reporter at the Detroit Free Presshas grown up hearing family lore about her great-grandfatherΓÇÖs murderΓÇöbut no one knows what really happened back then. Determined to find answers to her familyΓÇÖs long-buried tragedyMeghan travels to Birmingham. But as her investigation begins to uncover dark secrets that spider across both the city and timeher life may be in danger. Inspired by true eventsTimeΓÇÖs Undoing is both a passionate tale of one womanΓÇÖs quest for the truth behind the racially motivated trauma that has haunted her family for generations andas newfound friends and supporters in Birmingham rally around MeghanΓÇÖs searchthe uplifting story of a community coming together to fight for change.