It could have been a new beginning, but it becomes a fearsome battle for her life and that of her stepdaughter when Adah Branch kills her violent husband. It’s 1937, and there is nowhere for a woman being abused by her husband to turn, so after Adah accidentally kills her husband, she sees the rising flood waters as away to dispose of his body, but she is caught in the torrent of water herself. She manages to survive, but it’s not long before her dead husband’s violent family tries to exact their revenge on Adah and her stepdaughter, Daisy. Adah is a strong and determined woman at a time when women were at the mercy of their husbands or fathers. Her struggle to free herself and her stepdaughter from abuse makes this a powerful read