''Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come . . . A stellar debut'' Jacqueline Woodson, bestselling author of Red at the Bone Every family has a soundtrack. Theirs is set to the beat of love and loss in the great city of Memphis. The women of the North family know all about love and all about loss. Hazel was nine months pregnant when her husband was lynched by his Memphis police squad. Miriam had to leave her violent marriage for the sake of her two girls. August turned her back on her dreams so she could provide for her family. But now Joan is back in Memphis, back where her family came from, back where it all began, and things are going to be different. Memphis is a celebration of three generations of extraordinary women. Of women who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in. Of women who find joy in the ordinary and in each other. But mostly it is a celebration of one girl who dreamed of more.