When Molly Bruce Jacobs, the familys eldest daughter, finds herself newly sober at the age of 38, she finally seeks out and comes face-to-face with this secreta younger sister Anne who was diagnosed at birth with hydrocephalus and mental retardation, then institutionalized. Anne has never been home to visit, and Jacobs has never seen her. Full of trepidation, and despite great family resistance, Jacobs goes to meet her sister for the first time. As the book unfolds, and the sisters grow close, Jacobs learns of the decades of life not shared, and gains surprising insights about herself, including why she drank for most of her adult life. This memoir goes beyond the story of simply one family; it sheds light upon the struggle for human connection that we all share, and upon the need to accept ones limitations, as well as to learn forgiveness.