Carol Wall (1951–2014) was a writer whose essays and articles about family life appeared in such publications as Southern Living and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She was the author of the critically acclaimed Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart.
A bestseller in the making, this is the true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing—and ultimately everything—in common. Carol Wall, a white woman living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America, was at...