Publisher's Synopsis
Like a plant that fails to bloom for lack of water...a book with empty pages...or a painter without a canvas, Katarina Barzetti Arsenault felt her life was dry, boring, and without zest.Getting what she wants will not be easy, but she is determined. First, she must escape her staid, boring husband of almost thirty-two years, and their loveless marriage.But what will her adult children think" Will her best friend support her decision? And Kate ponders, "What do I really want?"A ghostly vision at The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, gives her the answer to that all-important question. The man she sees looks like Marcello played by Raoul Bova in the 2003 "Under the Tuscan Sun" movie. He haunts her thoughts and dreams. And the adoring love he showered on the ghost woman beside him makes her heart ache.Is Kate too old?Has life passed her by?Can she find this kind of love?