Time and Time Again

In 1940s middle America, Lilly is a preacher's daughter who must find a way to free herself from the destructive pattern of sexual abuse in her family, as well as the protective shroud of silence that encircles it. In three separate sections featuring the perspectives of Lilly, her mother, and her daughter, this layered story sheds light on the recurring nature of sexual abuse in families and offers timely insight into the issue of sexual misconduct among members of the clergy. With a guileless, heartfelt approach to the subject, Margaret Judge successfully disassembles the complicated machinery of sexual abuse, taking care to share the many hopes and joys her characters experience along the road to recovery.