In the chilling aftermath of laying his biological father to rest in the city cemetery of Holton, Kansas, on a cold March day in 1979, The GYPSY finds himself chauffeured to Lee Roy’s wake. As he journeys through this emotional landscape, he continues to reflect on the elusive connection he shares with the father he never had the chance to know.
Simultaneously, the narrative takes a compelling plunge into the past, transporting readers to 1959. Shirley, The GYPSY’s mother, experiences the shattering of her dream life with the man she loves when he commits a grisly and horrendous murder. The repercussions of this heinous act send shockwaves through Shirley’s world, causing her to spiral further down into the depths of her mental illness.