January Scaller is not white. This makes her stand out as an oddity in early 1900s New England despite her clothes and demeanor that would have passed every high-society test on a girl with white skin. Her caretaker, Mr. Locke, has done his best to provide January with all the things she will need to be comfortable: a home, nice clothes, training in being demure and quiet, and a nursemaid. Despite his best attempts to stifle, January is determined to find her own path in […]