Story is based in New England. Mary Beth a devoted mother of three children, values stability and sameness, finding quiet contentment in her long, amiable marriage to an ophthalmologist and with a flourishing career as a landscaper. She feels her children have grown into teenagers almost overnight.
Sadly one of her sons becomes depressed and Mary Beth focuses on him, discovering that the comfortable life she has spent years constructing has been shattered by a single traumatic moment. Forced to confront her own demons, Mary Beth must face the knowledge that one secret, shameful act has set the course of her fate......
The first half of the book is rather ordinary domestic bliss but when you get to the second half, tragedy. It was harrowing in places.
A very unpredictable plot.
Score 6.5