Now, logically speaking, Inez really should try to find some stability before introducing Terry into her chaotic life. But Inez isn’t thinking logically. She wants to be a good mother, and she’s grieving that, in foster care, Terry feels unloved and unwanted.
So, desperate and out of options, Inez kidnaps him.
In the 11 years that follow, the mother-son duo faces poverty, gentrification, racism and marital infidelity. But their greatest struggle is keeping their secret. Because if anyone discovers that Terry is legally still a ward of the state, he’ll be taken from Inez, and she’ll return to prison.
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