She sits in the conservatory every day staring at the place in the garden where her husband drew his last breath, her mind and soul begging for him to return to her. Learning how to live again in the French countryside isn't what she expects, not now that her life seems so completely over. But when a well-meaning neighbor shares a devastating secret about her husband and the life he was living before his death, she learns that sometimes reaching the bottom gives you the boost you need to get back to the top.