Open house

Samantha's marriage has ended, and her grief shows in an impulsive shopping spree at Tiffany's. Now she must rebuild a life for herself and her eleven-year-old son. Her quirky mother keeps arranging dates for her, but the more urgent concern is the mortgage. To cover it, Sam rents rooms to boarders. The first is an older woman whose calm counsel brings much-needed comfort. The second is a troubled young student who offers far less support.

A new acquaintance, King, is an unconventional man who pushes Samantha to leave the house, move forward, and find work. The deeper task, however, happens inside her. She has to move past her grief and the past, learn to create her own contentment, and look into her own heart before she can see the people around her clearly. She also has to recover the woman she was before she changed herself in an attempt to hold her marriage together.

This is a love story about the connection that can grow between a man and a woman, and also the one that grows between a woman and herself.