"In The Secret of Hurricanes, Pearl tells her unborn child about how she has weathered the "hurricanes" in her life - from religiously reading the local newspaper to drawing inspiration from the Kennedy's abiding strength in the face of tragedy. Traveling the dark roads of her past, Pearl reveals how her need for tenderness led to sexual confusion, a relationship with a much older man, and her part in a murder thirty years ago."--BOOK JACKET.