Many thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for gifting me a digital ARC of the newest fiction book by a long-time favorite, Gregg Olsen - 4 stars!
Violet has never gotten over the sexual abuse she experienced from her grandfather, nor the fact that neither her mother or grandmother did anything about it. But when her Papa shows up at her wedding when he was expressly told to stay away, that was it for her. When he suffers an allergic reaction at the wedding and later dies, Violet is relieved. Then she realizes that she's not the only one in her position who needs help living with abuse.
Lots of abuse trigger warnings in this one, but the author is sensitive to the feelings of the victims. Told in short chapters from Violet, her sister, Lily, and mother, Rose, we learn how the abuse affected the entire family. This is a good look into inherited trauma, the consequence of lies and secrets in families all tied up in a very suspenseful read.
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