Lilah, Mia, and Val. Sisters as individual as snowflakes with a kinship that resembles a stick and plate balancing act. It takes constant work and the slightest misstep threatens to bring it to a shattering end. Yet among their many differences is a bond, a common thread that has carried them through decades of both happy and sad tears. Heddie Mae called it the heartstring. When Thomas Fahning dies, he leaves behind a cryptic message and enough secrets to pave the road from Pennsylvania to his hometown in Mississippi. With the help of his long-time friend, the women learn to accept, forgive, and embrace their own red strokes.