Publisher's Synopsis
In late 1983, a letter arrives from Italy containing secrets so unthinkable that it is hidden away, apparently forever. More than three decades later, it is found by Allie, the last person who was ever supposed to see it - and it changes everything she knows about her family and herself. With the truth liable to hurt those she loves most, she hires a private detective to find out what happened to her late mother the summer before she was born. Taking leave from her job as a research scientist, Allie is led to the sun-drenched shores of Lake Garda, accompanied by her best friend Ed. But the secrets that emerge go far beyond anything they were expecting. Now Allie must find the courage to confront her family's tangled past, and reshape her future.
