The Secret Path (1999) — also known as Chasing Secrets:Basic Info • It’s an American made-for-TV drama film, directed by Bruce Pittman. • Based loosely on the memoir Childhood’s Thief: One Woman’s Journey of Healing from Sexual Abuse by Rose Mary Evans. Plot SummarySet in rural Tennessee during World War II, the story follows Jo Ann Foley, a young white girl living in very harsh conditions. • Her mother, Marie, is an unwed woman, and Jo Ann’s grandfather, Hank, is a cruel, bootlegging man who be