As a child, a girl tries to escape her mother's rages and silent retreats. As she builds her life - college, career and beyond - her mother's life is coming to an end. Still, as she attempts to find her way from the past - it follows with patterns of deceit, abandonment and trust issues that mark her new life. Every new relationship becomes tainted, influenced in some way by the betrayal of her mother.
Ironically, the girl fears she is turning into the one person she has always feared most....
The reader may ask, why would a girl with potential for so much happiness allow herself to self-destruct? Because happiness can terrify her....
