At 56, Clara thought her sudden weight gain and blinding pain meant the end of her life. But the clinic’s diagnosis was far more shocking. And when her estranged daughter finally discovered the truth, her reaction triggered a nightmare no one saw coming…

of glasses, a birthday candle shaped like the number one, appointment cards, photographs, and a folded program from Clara Whitaker’s funeral. The girls sat on either side of her, no longer children and not entirely gone from childhood either.

Clara picked up the funeral program carefully. Her own name, inherited from a dead woman, seemed to weigh differently continue reading …