When a deeprooted memory suddenly surfaces Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessedwith the longago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy. Drivento invest... » 

When a deeprooted memory suddenly surfaces Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessedwith the longago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy. Drivento investigate Elizabeth discovers a thirtyyearold newspaper articlerevealing the details that had been hidden from her as a child Aprils motherAdele drove with her two young daughters deep into the woods where she killedfirst them and then herself. Elizabeth now a mother herself tracks downeveryoneAdele Cassidys neighbor her psychiatrist her sisterwho mightgive her the insight necessary to understand how a mother could commit such amonstrous crime. Elizabeths investigation leads her back to herself hercompromised marriage her demanding children her increasing selfdoubt herdesire for more out of her own life and finally to a fearsome reckoning withwhat it means to be a mother and wife. «