First published 2024
When Alice's elderly father falls ill, she returns home to care for him. As she cooks his favorite meals, long-buried memories surface, revealing a family history more tangled than the weeds in her father's garden. With each dish, Alice uncovers a new layer of her parents' past, from their childhood traumas to the lies that have kept them estranged for decades. Torn between uncovering the truth and preserving the fragile peace, Alice must decide how much she's willing to risk for the people she loves most.
Genres: literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
22 pages · Board Book · Tra Publishing