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The bestselling author of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted and The Year ofPleasures returns with a wonderful novel about a woman a daughter and asurprising chang... » 

The bestselling author of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted and The Year ofPleasures returns with a wonderful novel about a woman a daughter and asurprising change in lifeBeloved author Elizabeth Berg tells the story of the recently widowed HelenAmes and of her twentysevenyearold daughter Tessa. Helen is shocked todiscover that her mildmannered and loyal husband had been leading a doublelife. The Amess had saved money for a happy retirement planned in minutedetail but that money has disappeared in several big withdrawalsspent byHelens husband before he died. What could he possibly have been doing? Andwhat is Helen to do now? Why does Helens daughter object to her mothersapplying for a joband why doesnt Tessa meet a nice man and get married?What Helens husband did with all their money turns out to be provocativerevelatoryand leads Helen and her daughter to embark on new adventures andchange. From the Hardcover edition. «