All My Mother’s Lovers

Maggie Krause returns home after her mother Iris dies in a car accident, expecting grief and discovering questions instead. Alongside the will are five sealed letters addressed to men she has never heard of. Delivering them herself gives Maggie a reason to leave a household struggling with loss and a chance to investigate the life Iris kept hidden. The mother who disapproved of Maggie's sexuality turns out to have made choices that unsettle everything her daughter believed about her parents' marriage. As Maggie travels, her own relationship with Lucia becomes harder to keep separate from what she learns. The search follows family history into an uncomfortable reconsideration of intimacy and loyalty.