She is given a chance to get out of jail early – if she restores the post office mural that Anna Dale left behind. It is 2018 and she is in jail in North Carolina. The book starts with the second woman, Morgan Christopher. Then Anna starts painting alone at night in the big barn outside of town. Anna starts bringing him art books and becomes a bit of a mentor to him. But this is 1940 in North Carolina, and one of the young students, who is very interested in art, is Black. Anna makes some friends, and has some young people helping her with the huge project. Anna bravely sets out to paint the mural, even though there are people in the small town who think that this “girl artist” should never have been given the job. Her mother has recently passed away, and Anna is alone in the world. In 1940, Anna Dale, a fledgling artist from New Jersey, wins the commission to paint a mural in the Post Office of Edenton, North Carolina. This novel is told by two women from two different time periods.
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