Status Updates From Shelter

In this house, silence wasn’t merely the absence of speech; it was a fourth wall, skillfully constructed by us all
A wall protecting us from the truth, yet suffocating us with memories.

"A violent crime forces an estranged son to shelter his wealthy parents, igniting a claustrophobic war of buried secrets and class wounds.
Can the victim become the tormentor?
Can wealth outrun trauma?
One moment—opening the gates of hell, or the path to grace

An unexpectedly hard book. Good. And the narrator gets most of it right - except he pronounces Or-leans as Orl-eens which is jarring as someone who lives on the Cape.