Publisher's Synopsis
Despite all Joan does to protect and nurture her family, tragedy strikes. Joan's desire to help leads her from the bohemian lofts of lower New York to the sun-drenched boardwalk of Venice Beach, to a snow-covered chauffeur's cottage on Boston's North Shore. From there she travels to war-weary Nicaragua. Her plan is to be helpful to the people there but instead she learns to protect and nurture herself.