discover a hidden gem: a gut-wrenchingly gritty and perfect trilogy for fans of freida mcfadden, lisa jewell, and other psychological thrillers that keep you second-guessing to the end... uncover a writer so raw and real that only the smallest of indie publishers dared to sign her for publication! how do you survive a narcissistic mother? and what if the answer is, you don't... woe, little woe to her beloved father, is fortuitously identified as a bone marrow match for a young lad called sunny. sunny's mother, nick, swiftly becomes a close friend, eternally grateful for the saving of her beautiful boy. through the process of completing the various donor operations, a groggy woe shares stories of the challenges she has endured under the singular focus of her dominating mother. woe's brothers have also suffered under the relentlessness of their mother's controlling behaviour, both finding it difficult to relate to each other and the world in general. neither is able to help in times of trouble, but one has been shaped not only in his mother's image but magnified a thousandfold. when little woe loses the most precious thing in her life under the most devastating of circumstances, her world crumbles. thrust into a state of madness that drives a singular obsession to be reunited with all she has lost, can nick find a way to repay the gift of life?