A Family Steeped In Secrets That Could Unravel After Today

A heartfelt debut about a family conflicted after learning a shocking secret at their father/grandfather/uncles funeral. Everyone is grieving in their own way trying to process what they learned as well as keep their own secrets under wraps. Small Southern towns are tough places to hide anything anyway and they all just need to survive the week. Siblings and cousins interact while the newly widowed Ellen must adapt to the biggest change of all, that of not really knowing the man she spent most of her life with. Cat Shook did a great job of setting the scene and the drama that happens in small towns. These are characters that everyone can identify with and readers will find that the writing and situation feel real. Family drama the likes of "This is Us" more than "The Waltons" that starts off with a bang and finishes with a comforting mug of coffee and a porch swing.