Picking Up Breadcrumbs : A Journey of Uncovering Family Secrets

During the Great Migration of the 1900s, millions of Black families fled the Jim Crow south seeking a better life in major cities across the U.S.

Their secrets traveled with them-into the next generation...

"It''s like you''re in a story, walking through the forest, picking up breadcrumbs as clues. And the breadcrumbs are leading you to the truth..."

All her life, Darby Coleman-Shields has felt like an outsider in her family. Her parents have often sided with her two older sisters, especially the erratic Maxine. Now Darby has her own family-Quentin, her attentive, devoted husband, and Robbie, her sweet, sensitive eight-year-old son. But when Robbie makes the stunning revelation that Papa George, Darby''s own father, has molested him, her world is forever shattered.

As Darby struggles to make sense of how this could have happened, childhood memories come flooding back to her-footsteps in the hallway at night, bedroom doors opening, and hushed voices, followed by arguments in the morning. Her family denies Robbie''s allegation, and, in typical Coleman fashion, they attempt to sweep it all under the rug, accusing Darby of concocting this lie.

Undeterred, Darby digs for the truth, uncovering even more family skeletons and mysteries that have transcended from generation to generation...