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A gorgeous and deeply intimate memoir about families breaking apart. When Jane Alison was a child, her family met another family that seemed like its a father in the Foreign Service, a beautiful mother, and two little girls, the younger two (one of them Jane) sharing a birthday. The families became inseparable almost instantly. Within months, however, affairs ignited between the adults, and before long the parents exchanged partners, then divorced, remarried, and moved on. Two pairs of girls were left in shock, a “silent, numb shock, like a crack inside stone, not enough to split it but inside, silently fissuring” that would prove tragic.
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Intimate memoir of family, love, betrayal, and resilience.
Who is this book for?
This memoir offers a raw and heartfelt look at how families can fracture and rebuild, capturing the emotional complexity of loyalty and loss. Jane Alison's honest storytelling draws you into a world of childhood innocence shattered by adult mistakes, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in personal stories of resilience.
