DAUGHTER IN THE DARK
A mid-century memoir of a priest's secret daughter whose mother is addicted to sleeping pills.
"A heart-wrenching tale of resilience and redemption, Daughter In The Dark deftly grapples with the emotional turmoil of a childhood - and life - spent under the thumb of others’ addiction. Following decades in a tight-knit family that is equal parts vibrant and nightmarish, Boutwell and Freeman capture the nuances of a wild, incredibly difficult family system and the woman who overcame it. Writing with a piercing awareness and clear-eyed generosity, the authors explore the messiness of real life as they lay bare incessant and hard-hitting truths. Episodic, meditative and deeply engrossing, Daughter In The Dark is a tour de force memoir where the truth both sets the writers free and charts a course for readers to do the same."
- Joie Botkin, award-winning WGA writer of thirty produced screenplays