In the aftermath of the 1989 Montreal Massacre, Benoît and Kathleen do everything they can to help their beloved son cope with his guilt and rage… but Jean’s young life becomes unglued.

Using humour and the humdrum of everyday life, playwright Colleen Murphy intuitively moves backwards in time to the fateful day when Jean, the only ray of hope in this working-class family, escaped the massacre… or thought he did. This searing drama on courage, heroism and despair, winner of the 2007 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama, explores the long private shadow that public violence casts.