Jeanna Townsend

Tarford Flats Jeanna Townsend

"...in the end, those of us who knew him best were just waiting for him to die." In the Southeast corner of rural Nebraska is a quaint little town that sits along the Platte river. It is a place in which decades of betrayal left as family fractured and searching for a way to heal. Through a bizarre series of events, this same family found themselves having to cover up a scandal for the next 30 years. Finally, at the twilight of her life, retired therapist and self-help author Jessie Duque returns to Tarford Flats to share the story of her family, once distinguished members of the community, and the secret they've kept hidden since one hot summer night in 1975. The youngest daughter of a notorious philanderer, Jessie recalls the heartbreaking, often heartwarming story of her mother and sisters as they navigate through the upheaval brought upon them by Conway Duque, the husband and father they loved and wanted desperately to forget