Following in the long tradition of writers like Tolstoy, Steinbeck, VC Andrews, Janet Peery uses the dysfunctional family to gain insight into a society and its culture, presenting an honest portrait of a complicated family grappling with a long history of addiction, bad behavior and tragedy. Though the Campbell family is roiled by drug abuse and sibling rivalries, they are not evil-hearted, and they band together when it counts. As America grapples with a growing opioid crisis, The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs offers a candid and compassionate portrait of a family challenged by drug abuse whose members feud, scheme, argue, and resent, but who always love and forgive.