Bethany Fisher's life has always been overshadowed by her missing brother Morrie, who was abducted when she was a baby. No trace of him was ever found. Twenty years later, Bethany is a college graduate and has a small son of her own. But her life is thrown into turmoil when her mother follows a man home and savagely beats him to death. What could have made this mild, middle-aged woman suddenly snap? This powerful novel explores how the comforting lies we tell ourselves can be ultimately more destructive than confronting difficult truths.