The new novel from the author of the international bestseller "The Glass Castle." Most people don't think much of young Sallie Kincaid. She's the Duke's daughter, nothing more. But Sallie has other plans—and she's going to convince everyone... Sallie is the daughter of the most powerful man in a small Virginia town. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, she is five years old when her mother dies after an argument with Sallie's father, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. He remarries and has a son. When Sallie tries to teach her half-brother to be as strong as his father—and herself—her daring tutoring leads to a serious accident. Sallie is disowned and forced to leave the estate. At seventeen, she returns to the Great House, determined to reclaim her place in the family. But the Duke is dead, Prohibition is in effect, and lynchings are rampant in the town. Sallie is determined not to back down a second time—and defies the harsh world of men with confidence and shrewdness, determined to change it forever. Biography (Jeannette Walls): Jeannette Walls was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She studied at Barnard College and worked as a journalist in New York for over twenty years. Her debut novel, published in 2006, became an international bestseller and has been translated into twenty-three languages. Walls lives in Virginia.