Justin Fisher appears to have the perfect life: a beautiful wife, a baby son, and a glamorous job. But beneath this charmed existence lies a dark secret: Justin's past is a puzzle with missing pieces. On his search for truth, he finds a headstone claiming that he died before his third birthday. And so begins Dixon's intriguing tale spanning almost four decades and thousands of miles. In chapters that alternate between the past and present, Dixon reveals the damage families can inflict upon one another in the name of love, and explores the devastating ways in which that damage echoes from one generation to the next.