Stories like A Very Typical Family explore the difficult process of estranged members coming back together after a shared trauma or a past decision that caused significant harm.
Inside, on a bed of yellowed newspaper, were not jewels. Not money. Not the apology she had secretly, stupidly dreamed of.
The Weaver family didn't talk about the "incident" at the lake house; they just let it sit between them like an uninvited guest at every Thanksgiving.

We would like to acknowledge that we are living and working with humility and respect on the traditional territories of the First Nations peoples of British Columbia.
We specifically acknowledge and express our gratitude to the keepers of the lands of the ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, where our main office is located.
We also recognize Métis people and Métis Chartered Communities, as well as the Inuit and urban Indigenous peoples living across the province on various traditional territories.