Cecilia Fitzpatrick is a successful Tupperware dealer (with an extremely organized home), an involved mother and a devoted wife to Jean-Paul. She is happy. Then one day she goes down to breakfast and discovers that her daughter, Esther, has dropped her obsession with the Titanic and is now enthralled with the Berlin Wall. Cecilia was actually in Berlin when it came down. She knows Esther will be thrilled to see the piece of the wall that Cecilia brought back from that trip so many years ago. And of course she knows exactly where it is in the attic because everything is organized in her life! Jean-Paul? His contribution to the attic every year is a shoe box of tax stuff and he just keeps adding to the pile. When she bumps into one there are several that go flying, spreading papers all over. An envelope catches her eye because it looks out of place. It is sealed . In Jean-Paul's handwriting is the message that it is to be opened by his wife only in the event of his death. First she laughed and then she began to wonder. I would have had that letter open immediately. Cecilia is a better woman than I and she doesn't. She does, however, mention it to him when he calls home from his business trip.
There are two other women in the story whose lives will be changed by the contents of that letter. This book kept my interest - I finished it in a couple of days- and caused me to do some thinking about what I would do. I highly recommend this as a good read!
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