A gripping story based on the maternal side of the author's family. More fact than fiction, this riveting tale exposes a peculiar tradition of abuse passed down from generation to generation until finally it is broken by Steed, the present-day character. Each mother singles out one particular daughter as the recipient of all her anger and frustration. When that daughter has children, she does the same to one particular daughter of her own. And where there are just two children, she chooses the daughter over the son. This is a moving tale-a tragedy of tenderness withheld. Tenderness withheld...