In this heartwarming novel, a wife and mother finds her life crumbling around her--until she rediscovers what it means to be a woman in love. For years, Anna has been content to be the rock of her family--stable and reliable, if somewhat unremarkable. Then she discovers that her husband Matthew is having an affair. Consumed by hurt and tainted memories, her life is turned upside down by betrayal and loss.
Though Anna is tormented by the shadow of Matthew's unknown lover, she keeps the secret of his affair from her family, With one son on the other side of the world, another about to enter a war zone, and her daughter off to university, Anna must find her way through the pain alone. Her life gradually begins to crumble until someone from her past appears . . . But can Anna find peace and learn to love again?