Sleep

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A newly divorced young mother confronts the secrets of her childhood as she returns to the big house where she grew up with her daughters. Every parent navigates two families: the one they were born into and the one they create. Ten-year-old Margaret enjoys a sunlit childhood filled with swimming pools, pancakes, and a devoted best friend, yet her family life demands careful management. Her mother is both loving and exacting, while her father and brother embody familiar, uncomfortable models of masculinity. Then, a series of confusing events disrupt her simple pleasures. Twenty-five years later, Margaret finds herself hiding under her parents’ bed, waiting for her daughters during a game of hide and seek. As she adjusts to co-parenting and explores a new romantic relationship, remnants of her childhood linger. She grapples with her roles as a mother and daughter, reflecting on the connections between her past and present, the meaning of safety for her children, and the autonomy of her own life. Warm, generous, and unflinchingly human, this narrative explores the cycles of motherhood and childhood, the weight of secrets, the burden of love, and the rich possibilities that lie ahead.