Family ties, secrets, love and guilt are woven with warmth, honesty and wit in this delightful novel. Mia Channing appears to have an enviable life: a beautiful home in the village of Little Pelham, a happy, stable marriage, a job she enjoys and three grown up children to whom she's devoted. But appearances are deceiving; the truth is that it's all a precarious balancing act. When Mia meets Owen Fletcher, she must decide whether she has the courage to do something for herself for a change. And if she does, can she ever go back to the life of compromise she had before?