Soft-spoken Watt Caul commits a murder that shocks his South Florida community. As the son of pediatric intensive-care nurse, Rachel Caul-and because his motive is a mystery-the boy becomes a touchstone for controversy. Caul's haunting memoir is deeply poignant, a kaleidoscopic investigation into the very dark secrets of the suburban American family. She explores the resonance of a single act, showing how it affects the lives of both the guilty and the innocent. Her memoir does not strive for conventional insights, but rather leaves the meaning for the reader to decide. "Rachel Caul's memoir is brutally honest, thoughtful and soulful, clearly autobiographical, yet one gets a whiff of self-revelation and self-analysis, the sine qua non of a great memoirist."-The New York Times