After her mother shares the harrowing tale of her life, Delarai learns to pick her head up and adopt her mother’s strength. Delarai has trouble understanding many things in her life—her grandmother's mental illness, her great-grandfather’s disdain for her mother, and her best friend’s betrayal, to name a few—but Delarai's mother soothes her. Boldly, Delarai devises a recipe for coping with the persistent questions in her life with the wisdom her mother grants her—a recipe for good mental health.