In "And Building Something", Kyla's low voice conceals a secret world tattooed across her body. But when the rain and the revival come to the dusty town of West Medford, it unleashes a flood of truth that cannot be contained. "Melody" carries the reader through a complex family history that spans generations, sending Leslie, Preacher Boy, and the entire Durpree plantation headlong into a battle against the cultural misgivings of the past. Meanwhile, Isaac had disappeared again, his mother was desperate, and Christopher was lost in dreams of river boats, the Congo, and his father's approval.