It is 1986. Erica Richards lives in West Meadow Long Island with her three young boys, newborn baby girl, and successful Wall Street analyst husband. But don't be fooled by her seemingly placid suburban lifestyle. Erica is fierce, curious, uncompromising, and often impulsive. When her teenage nephew Jared rebels against his straight-laced parents, Ron and Debbie, he turns to Erica for help setting in motion a chain of events that will take all of them careening down a dangerous and twisty highway. Buckle your seatbelt, crank up the 80's soundtrack, and learn how stunningly easy it is to keep BIG SECRETS.

Wendy Avra Gordon grew up in Bethesda Maryland and lived in Boston, Chicago, and New York before finding her true home on the West Coast. She received a B.S. in Nutrition from Simmons College and an M.S. in clinical Nutrition from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She has been a journalist for over twenty-five years, publishing in newspapers, magazines and on the internet. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and children. This is her first book.