Fallen Short takes you through life scenes of five characters that in some way are affected by the secret's of someone else. The reader is privy to information not even known by some of the characters which stimulates the reader to wonder, what would I do if this were me? Elizabeth Holden, the main character, enlightens us all to the notion that when you put a secret in its proper place, it transposes into a light that shows us who we were, who we are and who we will become.