A solas con Madre

Guinevere Sharpe has two childhoods. In one, she and her brother, Ennis, live in the shadow of the woods surrounding their isolated family home in Vermont. In the other, which unfolds within the pages of her mother's world-famous Ninth City series, their magical adventures have made them household names. In reality, Guinevere's childhood is far from the idyllic bliss her mother's readers imagine: she and Ennis are growing up in a near-feral state, dirty and malnourished, escaping daily into the wild woods they've made their playground. As Edith Sharpe's books reach epic popularity, the threats of a rural childhood give way to the ever-increasing perils of fame. Until one night, everything goes up in flames, leaving Edith's saga unfinished and her children as the sole survivors. Now an adult and living off her mother's name, Guinevere is immersed in promoting her memoirs, written by a ghostwriter, when her estranged brother, an artist who has thus far rejected the family legacy, announces the opening of a new installation simply titled "Mother." As rumors circulate about a death connected to Ennis's latest exhibition, disturbing memories from her childhood begin to surface in Guinevere's mind. The mask she presents to the public begins to crack, forcing her to confront the questions she has been running from for twenty years: What really happened the night of the fire? And what dark story lies hidden behind her mother's fantasy world?