内容简介：
Ree MacDonald has big plans for her first free summer. Cut loose from marriage and work, she will take a painting trip, look for a new home and spend time in Toronto with her friend Lewis. A month into her vacation, nothing has worked out. She's marooned in the family cottage to keep an eye on her mother who's becoming forgetful. Startled by Alice's confession to murder, Ree gradually unlocks secrets in her mother's past. They acquire a house guest who happens to be deserted and pregnant. Added to all the complications are difficulties in Ree's love life. But while the summer doesn't unfold the way she'd imagined, it's not a total loss....