Title: The underside of joy
Description: In the aftermath of her beloved husband's drowning death, Ella's initial support from her in-laws dissolves as long-buried secrets and family tragedies are revealed in the wake of a bitter custody battle against her stepchildren's biological mother.
Subjects: Family secrets, Single mothers, Stepchildren, Divorced women, Fiction, Mother and child, fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, family life, general, Single women, fiction, Divorced people, fiction, California, fiction
Places: Northern California