Fifteen years ago, in 1975, Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent death. Minette Swift had been a scholarship student, an assertive—even prickly—personality, and one of the few black girls at their exclusive women's liberal arts college. By contrast, Genna was a quiet teenager from a privileged home, struggling to make amends for her own elite upbringing. When, partway through their freshman year, Minette fell victim to a torrent of racist harassment—from within the apparent safety of their tolerant, "enlightened" campus—Genna felt it her duty to protect her roommate.
Now, as Genna reconstructs the months, weeks, and hours leading up to Minette's tragic death, she is also forced to confront her own identity. Her father was a prominent civil defense lawyer whose radical politics—including defending anti-war terrorists wanted by the FBI—would deeply affect his daughter's outlook on life, and later challenge her deepest beliefs about social obligation in a morally gray world.
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