In Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, the Bridge still stands. And people still talk about the dusty June day in 1953 when, for no apparent reason, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Now, years after the whispers and rumors, the muddy Tallahatchie River gives up its secrets - the secrets within the haunting ballad that swept America. And bestselling author Herman Raucher writes a love story that is beautiful, tender, funny, joyous, and ultimately so heart-breaking that you will never forget it.