A fearless novel that tackles a difficult subject; I laugh me broken tells the story of a woman finding the courage to face her genetic heritage. When Ginny makes contact with her estranged relatives and discovers that her genetic heritage may contain a devastating fault; she bolts to Berlin; leaving her loving fiance in the dark. Rather than face up to the life-changing implications of this news; she loses herself in the transient; hedonistic city. As she meets its inhabitants and absorbs their tangle of stories; she tries to gather the courage to take the genetic test that will either free her or define her future. I laugh me broken is a sharply-drawn; courageous novel exploring the human condition; the inescapability of the past and the choices that are ours to make.