Blisse has guarded the family secret her entire childhood­—no one can know the origin of her unconventional birthday gifts. Her mother, Ina, has insisted that Blisse never tell a soul, believing it's the only way to keep her daughter safe from a dire fate. Together, they must sift through their own versions of the past to understand how the secret has led to the unravelling of their lives. Chock-full of masks and curses, art and magic, seduction and spoons, their stories are fraught with misdirection and awash in whimsy. Can their revelations negate a tragic prediction? Or is the dissolution of love and family inevitable?