The Homeplace - Singing River, Bk 1 Author:Gilbert Morris As the year 1928 begins, 14-year-old Lanie Belle Freeman of Fairhope, Arkansas, has bright hopes for the future. Her father has launched a new business and her mother is expecting her fifth baby. Lanie dreams of going to college and being a writer and it looks as if her dream will come true. — Then tragedy strikes. — First, Lanie's mother dies... more » giving birth to the new baby and Lanie must take on the responsibility of surrogate mother to her younger siblings. Then her father is falsely accused of murder...and convicted! With their father in prison, Lanie and her brothers and sister struggle to keep the family together and hold on to their home.« less