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Finn has a happy life with his mother and father. Every summer he looks forward to the birthday celebration that will reunite him with his rich extended family, particularly his birthmother, Lisa. But when clouds threaten, Finn wonders how his much-loved birthday traditions can continue.

Share Your Truth Representing The Yarn's first twenty live and virtual shows, the thirty-seven storytellers in this anthology share powerful truths on diverse themes including family, racism, coming out, sexual assault, mental health, failure, resilience, death, and love. Among dozens of lived experiences of real Arkansans originally shared on stage, you'll meet a psychiatry resident whose own institutional stay has led to advocacy throughout his career, a former marine whose divorce was followed by shared custody of two hairless cats, an entrepreneur who built a greeting card empire from the desire to see herself represented, and a woman whose homelessness taught her how to look up. Curated from the show's first four years of productions under the direction of co- founder and producer Hilary Trudell, this anthology expands The Yarn's mission to amplify voices, build understanding, and create space for human connection.

Hilary Masters’s eighth novel explores a continent of abandonment—of a child by a parent, of a people by their country, and of ideals by the nation founded upon them.