The Puzzle

Valerie’s mother had always been an enigma to her, both in life and in death, a puzzle Valerie was not sure she wanted to solve. At her sister’s bidding, Valerie returns after 14 years to her Montana birthplace for one hectic weekend before leaving for a six-year project to simulate a Lunar colony. In a long conversation with a former teacher, Valerie discoveries the key to her mother’s life and death lay in a puzzle she once assembled. The answer rearranges almost every piece of her childhood.