The person you were divorcing was dying?
Our salvation rests in the hands of others—most particularly those who have treated us wrongly.
On receiving a divorce and the power to sell their house—for which she has fought the last year—Anna Manning learns that Edward, her soon-to-be ex-husband, has less than six months to live. A faithful wife for three decades, and mother of four, Anna endured Edward’s constant absence and extra-marital affairs. But letting go of someone who has caused so much pain does not come easily.
Edward has changed. There are Anna and Edward’s four children struggling to endow their families with meaning and purpose. There is also Inman who loves Anna, and gives the things Edward denied her—passion and intimacy.
Lastly there is Anna. An art history major turned wife and mother out of college, she had planned on divorcing Edward and with her proceeds from the sale of the house move to France. She would visit Europe’s famous museums—perhaps work as a docent in one.
News of Edward’s terminal illness provokes her to understand the present rooted in a wellspring of the past, and pouring into a future without him.
Our salvation rests in the hands of others—most particularly those who have treated us wrongly.