black kitchen sink

by Rachel Lynett

Alison just has to deal with her estranged family for three days while they prepare for the funeral of her even more estranged grandfather who she calls "The Grim Reaper." But, as the weekend progresses, Alison learns that a secret she had been keeping for years about Grim has never really been a secret at all. And no one did anything to save her. Alison must finally stop always living in the future and face her...

Alison just has to deal with her estranged family for three days while they prepare for the funeral of her even more estranged grandfather who she calls "The Grim Reaper." But, as the weekend progresses, Alison learns that a secret she had been keeping for years about Grim has never really been a secret at all. And no one did anything to save her. Alison must finally stop always living in the future and face her family and the cycle of abuse that haunts them.

read more
  • Inquire About Rights
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Reading List

black kitchen sink

Recommended by

  • Cheryl Bear: black kitchen sink by Rachel Lynett
    “

    A powerful look at abuse within a family and the silent observers. When will the cycle be broken and when will people no longer watch from the sidelines?

    A powerful look at abuse within a family and the silent observers. When will the cycle be broken and when will people no longer watch from the sidelines?

    ”
  • Rachel Luann Strayer: black kitchen sink by Rachel Lynett
    “

    A compelling and poignant family drama that wrestles with abuse and the culpability of those who knew and did nothing. The more I got to know this family, the more I felt like I knew them already. I hope it's staged soon and often.

    A compelling and poignant family drama that wrestles with abuse and the culpability of those who knew and did nothing. The more I got to know this family, the more I felt like I knew them already. I hope it's staged soon and often.

    ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: black kitchen sink by Rachel Lynett
    “

    What a brilliant kitchen sink drama where the female characters get to claim abuses suffered at the hands of the patriarch and drown the dead in the lake, to show the scars wrought and take that history as power for the future. I'm grateful for this drama and all its lyrical and bold dialogue that gets to the heart of familial familiar hierarchies and tries to turn them around.

    What a brilliant kitchen sink drama where the female characters get to claim abuses suffered at the hands of the patriarch and drown the dead in the lake, to show the scars wrought and take that history as power for the future. I'm grateful for this drama and all its lyrical and bold dialogue that gets to the heart of familial familiar hierarchies and tries to turn them around.

    ”
View all 6 recommendations