Synopsis

Natalie recounts that her husband, Brian, suffered a devastating work accident in 2015, falling from a height of sixty-eight feet while working on a crane. The fall left him paralyzed from the knees down, and she believes he has since withdrawn from the world. Since the accident, Natalie contends, Brian has treated her and their thirteen-year-old son, Jacob, with a coldness that feels like servitude rather than familial affection. She describes a profound shift in their marriage, a breakdown in