Moira or "Emory" returns home to more than just her mother's alcoholism and her father's apathy towards her family. Reliving framework memories of how she became the woman she is while she and her brother attempt to survive her parents' surrealistic reality, she learns that it's not so easy to escape insanity even if one is attempts to stay sane. Vogan's classic stream-of-conciousness style of writing will grab you from page one until you put the book down! A must have if you enjoy reading about inner thoughts of realistic people caught up in scary, yet realistic themes.