Barbara is dying and before she does she writes a letter to each of her daughters to be read after her death. She also writes a journal and tells them her life story. The story is about secrets, death, grief, families falling apart through the grieving process, coming to terms that the mother you thought was perfect was not, growing apart and coming together, learning how to be a family again after a loss.
This story was not a sad one but I felt it was a difficult one. Barbara’s letters and journal revealed things that no child should have to read and tarnish the memory of their mom.