Let this story take you back to the fifties and sixties of the baby-boomer generation . . .
More than 8 million soldiers returned home at the end of WWII and started families
Small ranches, capes, bungalows and multi-family homes sprung up to house them
Factories were the common employment option
The traditional American family structure was prevalent, with working fathers, homemaking mothers, and an average of three to six children
Family members stayed close to home, living and working in the same town they grew up in
While television was the main form of entertainment, kids spent more time playing outside in the neighborhood than inside
Where it all begins . . .
Alice Redmond has always known she was named after her aunt, a child who died tragically in 1945, years before Alice was born. But there was a problem. Since no one would ever speak of the child and there were no photographs of her, Alice never understood why she was given her name. As an adult, Alice begins to question everything she was told about her family’s past and finally confronts her father to tell her the truth about his young sister’s death. When Alice and her five siblings reunite at their childhood home on the day it is scheduled to be demolished, long-buried memories, unresolved tensions, and the unspoken details of the family tragedy force them to confront their difficult past. As Alice reveals their father’s painful memories, the family must decide whether uncovering the past can help them heal—or tear them further apart.
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Open the pages and discover . . .
They never knew the details of their grandparents unspeakable loss . . .
They never fully understood their difficult father . . .
They never grasped the real reasons behind their mother's untimely death . . .
And they never knew what really happened to baby #7 . . .
