Synopsis

Miss Hoover’s assignment – researching family history – fills Lisa with dread. The truth she unearths is deeply unsettling: her ancestors appear to be a collection of rogues and vagabonds. Yet, while exploring the dusty attic, Lisa stumbles upon a diary belonging to Eliza Simpson, a distant relative. Within its pages, Eliza’s story reveals a hidden past – her family’s involvement with the Underground Railroad, a network dedicated to guiding slaves to freedom. Eliza details the liberation of a ma