
Family Secrets
Jim Perkins mother dies of cancer when hes fifteen, leaving him and his father and big brother not just grieving but at a loss as to how to go on; she was central to the family, and now theyre paralyzed. But while Jim struggles to get up the energy to go back to school, and Dad begins secretly hitting the bottle, brother Frank wrestles with another problem, one that soon overshadows even Moms de...
Jim Perkins mother dies of cancer when hes fifteen, leaving him and his father and big brother not just grieving but at a loss as to how to go on; she was central to the family, and now theyre paralyzed. But while Jim struggles to get up the energy to go back to school, and Dad begins secretly hitting the bottle, brother Frank wrestles with another problem, one that soon overshadows even Moms de...