safes
home safe
in this new novel beloved bestselling author elizabeth berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit . helen ames recently widowed coping with loss and grief unable to do the work that has always sustained her is beginning to depend far too much on her twenty seven year old daughter tessa and is meddling in her life offering unsolicited and unwelcome advice . helens problems are compounded by her shocking discovery that her mild mannered and loyal husband was apparently leading a double life . the ameses had painstakingly saved for a happy retirement but that money disappeared in several large withdrawals made by helens husband before he died . in order to support herself and garner a measure of much needed independence helen takes an unusual job that ends up offering far more than she had anticipated . and then a phone call from a stranger sets helen on a surprising path of discovery that causes both mother and daughter to reassess what they thought they knew about each other themselves and what really makes a home and a family . p from the hardcover edition .