Jeska doesnt know why her mother keeps the curtains drawn so tightly every day. And what exactly is she trying to drown out when she floods the house with Mozart? What are they hiding from?
When Jeskas grandmother accidentally calls her by a strangers name, she seizes her first clue to uncovering her familys past, and hopefully to all thats gone unsaid. With the help of an old family photo album, her fathers encyclopedia collection, and the unquestioning friendship of a stray cat, the silence begins to melt into frightening clarity: Jeskas family survived a terror that theyve worked hard to keep secret all her life. And somehow, it has both nothing and everything to do with her, all at once.
A true story of navigating generational trauma as a child, Ill Keep You Close is about what comes after disaster: how survivors move forward, what they bring with them when they do, and the promise of beginning again while always keeping the past close.
