Publisher's Synopsis
Helen Price, recently diagnosed with cancer, drives into a lake, setting in chain a series of events that culminates in the arrival of a letter with news of a strange legacy. In Chicago, Helen's son, Norman Price, is facing a major crisis that will engulf everything - his work, his sexuality, his life. Meanwhile, in Canada, Nate Feldman is learning the truth about his father and the figure he knew as the 'other' woman - and facing the implications of his unwanted inheritance.