Family Matters, by Rachel Atkins (Seattle, WA)

Family Matters by Rachel Atkins

A multi-generational Jewish-American-transracial family as they gather for their traditional Mothers Day celebration of bagels and lox and Korean potato salad. Nana, the matriarch of the family is getting on in years and her two adopted daughters, Pearl and Lena, each with grown children of their own, find themselves at crosshairs with each other. Granddaughter Gracie unexpectedly invites her new boyfriend Antoine. Everyone arrives with secrets, and as the afternoon progresses, their revelations bring out theirvcomplicated hidden truths, while examining the myriad of expectations, responsibilities and roles that women face in every modern family. An insiteful, humorous and affecting new look at the ties and traditions that bind.