This book deals with how much is retained in a person's upbringing from parents, friends and other relatives and how those influences are a part of a person's daily demeanor. Those influences aid in adaption, reaction, perception and dealing with the many obstacles in a person's life. Here is the root of the title, which suggests that these emotions are indeed past down in some form or another without the receiver's consent, and are not often realized by the recipient. The book uses this idea and demonstrates this influence as it plays a part in the lives of two young people who meet in the hope of beginning a long term relationship. The relationship is eventually strained because of an unexpected pregnancy and the story unfolds to include those external forces; friends, parents, siblings and friends. During this disclosure, it is revealed how extensive these influences are in each person's life and how far back in each generation is infected.