"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." -- Mark Twain In an attempt to understand why her grief feels more like PTSD after the suicide of her beloved brother, a therapist's suggestion leads Leanne Foushee to make a shocking discovery. Digging through the rubble field of a confusing, violent childhood, she uncovers a fascinating correlation between the family's cycle of abuse and violence, and an oral history designed to conceal generations of dark family secrets."