Jennings Escape

Jennings Escape is more than just a story about a young woman fleeing her troubled past; it’s a deep dive into the murky waters of family secrets, the pervasive weight of trauma, and the unrelenting search for identity in a suffocating small-town setting. The story unfolds in the humid, oppressive heat of Jennings, Florida, a place where secrets fester like mold in the decaying beauty of the South. Our protagonist, burdened by a chaotic upbringing marked by unresolved questions about her paternity and a mother whose erratic behavior mirrors the town’s unsettling stillness, finds her world shattered by a horrifying revelation. Her younger brother's confession of abuse at the hands of an older sibling becomes the catalyst for a desperate flight, a break from the suffocating embrace of a family steeped in dysfunction and denial. But escape is not a simple matter of geography; the scars of the past, the lingering shadows of unspoken truths, and the deep-seated trauma she carries threaten to follow her to the city, where she attempts to forge a new identity.