A man returns home after his mother's death to confront childhood abuse and settle her hoarded estate, where he uncovers a diary and meets a woman searching for her birth mother.
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A man returns home after his mother's death to confront childhood abuse and settle her hoarded estate, where he uncovers a diary and meets a woman searching for her birth mother.
Romance author Jacob Churcher hasn't been home for almost twenty years, since his mentally ill mother kicked him out of the house at sixteen. A lawyer calls to inform him that his estranged mother has passed away and left her house to him; Jacob returns not just to settle the estate but to try and reconcile with the past and the pain and abuse he experienced as a child. But Jacob's mother had become a hoarder, and as he excavates through two decades' worth of clutter, he uncovers a diary left by...
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Romantic relationship develops between the two main characters
No violent content depicted
No profanity present
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes present
No religious themes present
No magic or witchcraft elements
No occult content present
No political or ideological messaging
No self-harm or suicide depicted
Childhood abuse and trauma from mentally ill mother central to protagonist's story
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