These stories reveal the misguided, often dangerous ways our families teach us to navigate our world.

 

Whether mourning miscarried children while caring for a pregnant sister, surviving childhood abuse in the Wisconsin woods, traveling in Italy following the death of a sister, or dealing with a mother's death by tormenting a father's new girlfriend, these characters make the difficult journey from fear and grief to hope and redemption, and in doing so, discover how love acts to heal and enlighten relationships rife with pain and sadness.