All Moira Jameson has left of her mother is what's in the journals willed to her, and there are far more secrets to her mother's past than Moira could have imagined. As she learns about the woman behind the veil of motherhood she finds her judgments of her mother have been, at best, unfounded. Her secret has wounded generations, and in getting to the bottom of it Moira finds her faith and all she's ever believed in to be challenged, and she has to ask herself if, in giving her the journals, her mother is asking for something in return beyond the grave.