The revelation had left Emma feeling betrayed and hurt. She had always been close to her mother, but the news had created a chasm between them that seemed impossible to bridge. Emma's father, John, had been oblivious to the whole situation, and Emma's younger brother, Michael, had been too young to understand the gravity of it all.

We return to because they are the mirror we cannot look away from. They are the uncensored version of our own holiday dinners. They validate our suspicion that every family has a secret, every inheritance has a curse, and every sibling has a score to settle.

Complex family relationships are defined by: