Many thanks to NetGalley, Graydon House Books, and Kelly Rimmer for the opportunity to read and review this book - 5 stars for a book that I was really pulled into and one that covers quite a few heavy subjects; it would be perfect for a book club selection.
Told in two different timeframes: In 1996, Beth and her siblings are going through their father's house. He has dementia and heart disease and has been moved to a Hospice facility. Beth finds the attic locked and once she gains access, full of her father's paintings that she has never seen as well as some letters written by her mother, Grace, who died when Beth was small. Beth is also struggling after the birth of her son, Noah, and her father's imminent death is making that worse. In 1957, we learn about Grace through the writing of those letters.
Life in 1957 was very different for women, from life choices to available contraception to married women not being hired to the way mental illness is treated. However, mental illness still carries a stigma today. But this was a gripping read for me.
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