What ugly secret about the Pye family do the people of Crow Lake choose to ignore?

The story about the Pyes reveals some truths that the town of Crow Lake has clearly turned a blind eye to for many years. The Pye men have been abusive, and so abusive that they have sent their children running for the hills. Calvin Pye lived with an abusive father for many years in order to inherit the farm on which he now lives with his three children. This story leaves the reader concerned for the Pye children and how this abuse might affect the struggling Morrison children.