Really hard subject matter. Postpartum depression/psychosis is a hard subject to read about but I think the author did an okay job showing some of the symptoms/things that can happen. The timeline jumped around a lot and it was quite an abrupt ending I thought. Here's the verdict, here's 3 years later, BOOM. Not a book I would really encourage anyone to read nor is it really a re-read. ( )

Haunting and sad, this book depicts the true story that exists behind many families. No one can be responsible for another's soul, we cannot predict what our family members can do and we can't always save them either. ( )

Read this one in a day. I enjoyed the plot and characters and it moved along nicely. A mother is on trial for commiting the "unthinkable" and her 9 yr old daughter knows the truth of what happened that day. The story gives points of view from various family members and tells a family history from many generations. The only thing holding me back from 4 stars is that I would have liked the author to touch upon the 9yr olds point of view in more depth. ( )

Read this one in a day. I enjoyed the plot and characters and it moved along nicely. A mother is on trial for commiting the "unthinkable" and her 9 yr old daughter knows the truth of what happened that day. The story gives points of view from various family members and tells a family history from many generations. The only thing holding me back from 4 stars is that I would have liked the author to touch upon the 9yr olds point of view in more depth. ( )

This was a story of Postpartum Depression and/or psychosis. Quite interesting story of how families affect each other throughout their lives. How codependent they can become with each other. Roxanne is an only child at first and then her mother decides to push her off on her Grandmother. One day Roxanne’s mother (Ellen) just shows up to get her and take her home. Little does Roxanne know it is to take care of her new baby sister because her mom is afraid she may hurt her. In essence Roxanne becomes the 9 year old responsible on in their relationship taking care of her little sister while her mom gets herself together. They grow up and each of the girls Roxanne and baby sister Simone each marry. Simone still very much needing her big sister Roxanne. Simone marries Johnny Duran who wants to take care of Simone and have who very much wants a boy child which they are not very successful at producing. At 4 girls Simone decides some of them are too much like herself and ends up doing something drastic and puts the entire family into quite a tail spin and finds herself on trial. Overall a good story. ( )