On the night of a fathers death two women remember. Esther the wife denied and Sara her corrupted daughter look back at the fathers overwhelming cruelty and ahead to their freedom from him. Finally liberated from his terrible physical and emotional abuse they must decide whether they will accept new possibilities or conform to old values. The darkness no matter how black is not complete I dont hate being a woman Sara tells herself. I dont. Beautifully written and remarkably powerful In Nights Ci