Things we set on fire

By Deborah Reed

Subjects: Fiction, family life, general, Grandparent and child, Dysfunctional families, Families, Grandparents as parents, Fiction, Life change events

Description: A series of tragedies brings Vivvie's young grandchildren into her custody, and her two estranged daughters back under one roof. Jackson, Vivvie's husband, was shot and killed thirty years ago, and the ramifications have splintered the family into their own isolated remembrances and recriminations. This deeply personal, hauntingly melancholy look at the damages families inflict on each other, and the healing that only they can provide.