The Other Auntie (en Inglés) - Valencia G Wallace

"I ended up finishing it in one sitting, which almost never happens to me. It just pulled me in and didn't let go." - Underrated Reads

The worst part about getting clean is remembering why you started using in the first place.

Grace Claiborne has spent years being the auntie who struggled, fell apart, and got judged for it. When she finally hits rock bottom, her sister Naomi gives her a choice: rehab or lose her daughter Joy.

Grace chooses rehab.

But as her body detoxes, the memories she buried under addiction begin clawing their way back to the surface. Especially the night her best friend Donna died. The more Grace remembers, the more she realizes Naomi lied about what happened.

To everyone in the family, Naomi is the one who has it all together. She always has an answer, an opinion, and a way of keeping people from asking too many questions. From the outside, she is everything Grace is not: steady, respected, untouchable.

Rehab was never about saving Grace. It was about what Naomi needed her to forget.

Some families have secrets. Others have Naomi.