A story of family identity and belonging follows an Indian family through the marriage of their daughter, from the parents' arrival in the United States to the return of their estranged son.

Former spy Evelyn Hadley-Attwater, who lives a perfect genteel Victorian life complete with a loving husband, is summoned back for one final assignment and finds the lure of her former life hard to resist.

Set in the beach community of a tony Connecticut town, our heroine is a single mom who works for a famous--and famously reclusive--novelist. When she stumbles on a secret that the great man has kept hidden for years, she knows that there are plenty of women in town who would love to get their hands on it--including some who fancy the writer for themselves.