The secret is out. Susan knows, but she does not know how she feels about the shocking truth. John, her husband, senses he must finally come clean and tell all. So begins his terrible story of childhood neglect, fantasy-fulfillment, and addiction.
Susan and John Branch have been living an artfully constructed lie for years, but now, the truth is out. Susan has devoted her life to caring for her debilitated yet brilliantly-mind husband John, and she cannot understand how he could betray her trust. She is conflicted between desire, rage and tremendous guilt for the part she played in this scheme. John, perceiving Susan slipping away from him, makes the decision to come clean, and begins to narrate his terrible, warped history.
Whereas the first book of the SICK series took the perspective of Susan, this second book delves into the labyrinthine mind of John Branch as he weaves his sordid tale of a childhood without compassion and his fall into malediction. Sophisticated, gripping, and poetic, this second installment takes you deep into the heart of the Branch’s story, and what it truly means to be sick.
The secret is out. Susan knows, but she does not know how she feels about the shocking truth. John, her husband, senses he must finally come clean and tell all. So begins his terrible story of childhood neglect, fantasy-fulfillment, and addiction.
Susan and John Branch have been living an artfully constructed lie for years, but now, the truth is out. Susan has devoted her life to caring for her debilitated yet brilliantly-mind husband John, and she cannot understand how he could betray her trust. She is conflicted between desire, rage and tremendous guilt for the part she played in this scheme. John, perceiving Susan slipping away from him, makes the decision to come clean, and begins to narrate his terrible, warped history.
Whereas the first book of the SICK series took the perspective of Susan, this second book delves into the labyrinthine mind of John Branch as he weaves his sordid tale of a childhood without compassion and his fall into malediction. Sophisticated, gripping, and poetic, this second installment takes you deep into the heart of the Branch’s story, and what it truly means to be sick.