Montgomery, Alabama, 1973: Civil Townsend, a determined young African American nurse fresh out of school, steps into a role at the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic with the aim of empowering her community through reproductive choice. However, her idealistic views are shattered when she discovers her young patients, Erica and India Williams, just children, have been involuntarily sterilized. As Civil becomes deeply connected to the Williams sisters and their plight, she's thrust into a chilling reality of systemic injustices targeting poor Black women. This profound novel, inspired by true events, weaves a tale of the courage it takes to challenge cruelty and the power of love to heal scars of inhumanity, drawing an unforgettable portrait of the struggle for justice.