From the best-selling author of If I Could comes this moving saga of three generations of black women' (Essence), which begins in the Mississippi Delta in 1927, exploring the lives of Cora, the matriarch of two generations with a 75-year-old secret, her embittered and troubled daughter Emma, and Parris, her beloved and talented granddaughter. Effectively examining the themes of love, family ties, prejudice and social barriers, Rhythms is a novel that speaks to the power of love, hope and forgiveness.'