Zane Bigelow grew up in a beautiful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountians. Strangers and even Zane's own aunt across the lake see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Only Zane and his sister know the truth, until one brutal night finally reveals cracks in the facade, and Zane escapes for college without a thought of looking back. Years later, despite the dark memories, Zane returns to his hometown determined to reconnect with the place and people that mean so much to him.
