New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky has written her most complex and emotionally rewarding novel: a story of two women, a generation apart, each of whose dream becomes bound with the other's.To her family, Natalie Seebring is a woman who prizes appearances: exquisitely mannered,a supportive wife, and head of a successful wine-producing entreprise. So when she annouces plans to marry a vineyard employer mere months after the death of her husband of fifty-eight years, her son and daughter are stunned. Faced with their disapproval, Natalie decides to write a memoir.

Olivia Jones is a dreamer, living vicariously through the old photographs she restores. She and her daughters, Tess, cling to the fantasy that a big, happy family is out there just waiting for them. When Natalie hires Olivia to help with her memoir, a summer at Natalie's vineyard by the sea seems the perfect opportunity to live out that fantasy. But all is not as it seems.

As the illusion of an idyllic existence comes crashing headlong into reality, the lives of these two women,parallel in so many ways, become a powerful and moving story.

High drama, beautiful scenery, and resilient yet sensitive characters make this a must for all Delinsky fans and a perfect introduction to her work for new readers.

Delinsky plots this satisfying, gentle romance with the sure hand of an expert, scattering shady pasts and dark secrets among some of her characters while giving others destructive family patterns and difficult family dynamics to contend with.

Barbara Delinsky has published more than sixty-six novels since the 1980s, including, most recently, Lake News, Coast Road, Three Wishes, A Woman's Place, For My Daughters, and More Than Friends. Published in twenty-five languages worldwide, her books regularly appear on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly.Barbara Delinsky is a lifelong New Englander. She and her husband have three sons. Readers can write to her at P.O. Box 812894, Wellesly, Massachusetts, USA 02482-0026; or visit her Web site: www.barbaradelinsky.com.