'“Mother, you have to hire a nurse, you can’t even manage to open a door anymore,” were Fred’s first words as he stepped through the door. His tone was sharp, and direct; and she really did not like it.
'Sometimes people become swept into a routine for so long that they lose all hope of an adventure. That is what has happened to Rose. A woman in her late sixties, her husband dead, and her children drifting, Rose has finally begun to tiptoe on the brink of possibility. A push, and the world will open its doors for her.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.