A novel by Sybil Slater  ·  Book One of Generations of Silence

New York, 1930s. Lola Gardner refuses to become what her world expects of her.

In a city shaped by war, want, and silence, Lola makes choices that will haunt the women who come after her — a daughter, and a granddaughter who will spend her life trying to understand what was left behind. Shadows of Yesterday is the first novel in a multigenerational literary saga about the cycles of damage and silence that move through families, and whether they can ever truly be broken.

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Shadows of Yesterday is the first book in the Generations of Silence series. Written by Trish Montella under the pen name Sybil Slater.  Learn more about the series →