When Susannah Nelson turned eighteen, she said goodbyeto her boyfriend, Jake—and never saw him again. She neversaw her brother, Doug, again, either. He died unexpectedlythat same year.Now, at fifty, Susannah finds herself regretting the paths nottaken. Long married, a mother and a teacher, she should behappy. But she feels there's something missing in her life.Not only that, she's balancing the demands of an agingmother and a temperamental twenty-year-old daughter.Her mother, Vivian, a recent widow, is having difficultycoping and living alone, so Susannah goes home toColville, Washington. In returning to her parents' house, hergirlhood friends and the garden she's always loved, she alsoreturns to the past—and the choices she made back then.What she discovers is that things are not always as theyonce seemed. Some paths are dead ends. But some gardensremain beautiful…. Read Less