Half Past

Forty-five, divorced, and out of work, Hannah Smith moves back to the Iowa house where she grew up so she can watch over her mother, whose mind is being slowly taken by dementia.

Hannah has always been the overlooked one in her family, the quiet child eclipsed by her two older sisters. Being home stirs those old feelings, but she is unprepared for the fear that comes with them. When her mother looks at her and insists she is not Hannah's daughter, Hannah begins to suspect the words are more than the confusion of an ill woman.

Hannah sets out to trace a family mystery to the shadowy shoreline of Big Sur, where a falsehood was once told and then concealed. The thought of digging it up terrifies her, but she sees it as her final chance to learn what her past holds before it is gone for good.