Night Watch Sally McKenney Inspired by a footnote to

Inspired by a footnote to history—the true story of the little-known Simnel

But for Mindy

and festive tale from a New York Times bestselling author-illustrator that should be placed under every Christmas tree

Tragedy brings to the surface long-simmering conflicts and emotions

What Peter Guralnick did for Elvis in Last Train to Memphis and James Kaplan for Sinatra in Frank

Night Watch Sally McKenney Inspired by a footnote toIn 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve year old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasnt spoken in more than a year. They arrive at the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospitals entrance by a war veteran who has