What makes up a family? For Casey it’s sharing a house with her fiancé, Michael, and his three children, whom sheintends to nurture better than she ever took care of herself. But Casey’s plans have come undone. Michael’s silenceshave grown unfathomable and deep. His daughter Angel seethes as only a teenage girl can, while the wide-eyedyoungest, Jewel, quietly takes it all in.
Then, son Dylan runs off and the kids’ mother, a woman never afraid to say just what she thinks, noisily barges into thehome. That’s when Casey decides that the silences can no longer continue. She must begin speaking the words no oneelse can say. She’ll have to dig up secrets—including her own—uncovering hurts, and beginning healing that is toolong overdue. And it all begins with just a few tentative words…