"The storytelling is incredibly human and honest, descriptors are unique and thoughtful." –IndieReader (5 stars)"A powerful story about three generations of women who share the same bloodline and their inability to deal with their past." –The New England Book Critic"A troubled woman makes peace with her family in this well-written and introspective novel." –Kirkus ReviewsThirtysomething Leigh Fortune never thought she’d make it this far. Emerging from the ashes of a traumatic childhood, she’s managed to plant her flag on Terra Normal. But under the surface she’s unsure—of herself, of her fiancée, of everything. A letter informing her of her estranged mother’s death tips her from uncertainty into emotional upheaval and sends her on a journey that will take her from the dunes of Cape Cod to Las Vegas and back.Will she—with the help of her elderly grandmother, an HIV-positive social worker, and a few ghosts—finally be able to leave childhood hurt behind? Or will she upend the life she’s created and fall back into familiar patterns of self-destructiveness? To free herself from her past, Leigh will need to learn to accept her own faults as well as forgive those of others.