In an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Charmaine Wilkerson, two estranged siblings discover the truth about their mother's life story after her death.
” I wrote in my notes, because most of what critics jot down in their notebooks while watching things is not very clever. Then, a second later: “Because the set isn’t supposed to be just any old house but a home — one that’s sheltered a single family long enough to see its children grow up, move out, and come back again as adults in the aftermath of their mother’s passing.
Like Wilkerson’s novel, Marissa Jo Cerar’s miniseries is built around two pivotal deaths. In 1960s Jamaica, teen bride Covey flees the wedding reception after the sudden collapse of her unwanted groom, a gangster named Little Man . In present-day California, Covey, now going by Eleanor , perishes of cancer. Before she goes, she leaves to her adult children, oceanographer Byron and artist Benny , a trove of voice recordings promising to reveal the true history of their family.
Isaac’s versatile performance keeps us rooting for her every step of the way, as Covey transitions from the Disney-princess innocence of her teen years to the bone-deep misery of her 20s. Most of the characters Covey encounters in adulthood are flimsy paper dolls, constructed solely for the purpose of making a point about the society she’s in or reflecting her emotions back at her or moving her along to the next adventure.
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