Spoiler? What's the tragedy that rips the family apart? I'm assuming it has something to do with a terrible thing happening to a kid, and - to my overwhelming dismay - I can't deal with a lot of details about kids suffering. So I'm straight out asking: What's the horrible event?

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Becky Go ahead & read the book without fear. The "terrible thing" isn't anything being done to a child.

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Adrienne Lichau Allen Donna, while that may have contributed, there was a much bigger tragedy that actually tore the family apart.

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