

Between her efforts to protect his legacy for the sake of their daughters and coping with her critical brother and dementia–afflicted mother, Georgia is fighting to keep her spirits intact. Not only must she learn how to manage her household finances with what little income she has left, she needs to face the revelation that Ben was not the perfect husband he appeared to be.

Their idyllic life together, it turns out, was built on lies.Īs the family attorney attempts to trace the missing money and explain the mortgaged property, and worthless insurance policies, Georgia has to come to grips with her new reality. It”s only when Ben suddenly drops dead from a massive coronary while training for the New York City Marathon that Georgia discovers that her husband-a lawyer who always provided well for his family-has left them exactly nothing. Georgia Waltz has much of what most people only dream of-two healthy and bright daughters and a husband with whom she”s madly in love, even after decades of marriage a plush Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park a Hamptons beach house a driver club memberships fine art.
