Mom's Fairness Killed Me

Under the guise of "absolute fairness," twin sister Helen was locked outside by her own mother on a minus-twenty-degree snowy night and froze to death. Her mother took her brother to an amusement park, ignoring the snowdrift at the doorstep. After death, Helen's spirit witnesses her family's collapse—her mother descending into madness, her father going to prison, her brother losing his voice. This is a story of how twisted "fairness" kills a child, and how the survivors spend a lifetime healing.

Under the guise of "absolute fairness," twin sister Helen was locked outside by her own mother on a minus-twenty-degree snowy night and froze to death. Her mother took her brother to an amusement park, ignoring the snowdrift at the doorstep. After death, Helen's spirit witnesses her family's collapse—her mother descending into madness, her father going to prison, her brother losing his voice. This is a story of how twisted "fairness" kills a child, and how the survivors spend a lifetime healing.