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The story opens when Nicky Young, a woman coming of age, reflects on why relationships are so difficult for her. Shadow Heart is her story, created from the journals she’s kept all her life. We open as she reflects back to eight years old, as she and her sister are waiting for their father, an alcoholic, to prepare dinner for them.

EARLY LESSONS: NICKY YOUNG

I always prayed the same way at night: “Now I lay me down to sleep. I ...