In this nonfiction novel, Janine Cummins, author of the international bestseller American Dirt, recounts the events of an April night in St. Louis in 1991 when her two sisters and brother were brutally attacked by four thugs while walking across a bridge over the Mississippi. Only the brother survived, whom the police immediately accused of murdering his beloved sisters. Janine Cummins was also in St. Louis at the time, but remained at home with other family members. She witnessed everything that happened after, which makes the story especially poignant and realistic. This is a story about a crime and its consequences - betrayal, persecution, concealment of the truth, perversion of the truth... But above all, it is a story about incredible courage, perseverance and mutual support of members of one big beautiful family.