The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls

Althea Butler-Cochran is a pillar in her community and the heart of her family until she commits a crime that upends everything.

When Althea and her husband are arrested in an instant the family goes from being one of the most respected in town to utter disgrace. Not even her sisters, Viola and Lillian, know exactly what happened or why. While Viola and Lillian alternately appreciated and chafed at their eldest sister's strong will, they never planned for the unthinkable: for Althea to be gone.

Now they must come together in the house they grew up in to care for their sister's teenage daughters and to confront all the things they've kept from one another. What unfolds is a stunning portrait of an American family in a story that is as gripping as it is important.