Isabel, a California film school dropout, arrives in Paris to support her pregnant sister through a divorce, and becomes involved with a much-older man who opens her eyes to a whole new world of art and sophistication.

A collection of stories selected from previously published works in addition to eight new stories.

Devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child, a young woman retreats from the world around her, but is soon drawn into a web of lies and passion as the secret life of her husband unravels.