The Trunk

Historical fiction set in dual time periods (2004) and (1841).

Setting is Boston, Massachusetts. Two sisters of African American descent, are playing in an attic of their almost 200 year old triple decker home when they come upon a mysterious trunk.

It was hidden up the winding, dusty staircase in the back of the house, past the old, squeaky dumbwaiter, through the door at the top of the stairs."