The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble

The tricky nature of family dynamics and the effects of mental illness seen through the eyes of a young woman searching for own own feelings amidst the whirlwind emotions of her family. Iris Trimble is trying to hold it all together after her mother, Bernice, a lively, recently widowed fifty-five-year-old breaks the news that she has early onset Alzheimer’s. In an effort to cope with the stress, Her siblings, on the other hand, are on opposite sides of the spectrum: Sara, the eldest, irately calls for a second opinion, while Peter, the youngest, seems completely unfazed.