Alphia

In 1994 Mississippi, Loren believes she knows her family's past until one quiet evening shatters everything she thought was true. What begins as a simple conversation with her grandmother becomes a journey into a hidden history of forbidden love, stolen futures, and a truth buried for decades. As Granny Frances finally shares the story of her romance with Ronald Hagan, a white man she loved in a time when such love could get you killed, Loren realizes the past isn't finished with them yet.
The same hate that destroyed one generation threatens to touch another just as Loren begins her own interracial love story. The Old Oak Tree is a powerful, emotional novel about legacy, race, forgiveness, and the kind of love that refuses to die. Some love stories don't end. They wait.