When ten-year-old Genevieve Donovan's nannie dies mysteriously in the lowcountry River She's loved and lived near all her life, genny and her family are heartbroken. In 1960s south carolina, new industry is encroaching o...When ten-year-old Genevieve Donovan's nannie dies mysteriously in the lowcountry River She's loved and lived near all her life, genny and her family are heartbroken. In 1960s south carolina, new industry is encroaching on old country, and genny fears her grandmother May have gotten in the way of so-called Progress.