Publisher's Synopsis
"Mary Ellen is living the life she was born into but poised to live the life she creates. Her elderly mother is driving her crazy, her third-grade students are pushing her buttons, and she wants out of everything. When given an opportunity to travel to China with her best friend and her family, she leaps at the chance. There she meets two intriguing men, both Americans. A married father of two whose wife leaves him mid-trip attracts her more than she'd like to admit, while a handsome teacher appeals to her more cautious side. Her experiences with these men spark a realization that she is attractive and worthy of living a full life. When she returns to the home she's shared with her mother since birth, she announces that she's moving out. Just as she reaches for what she believes she truly wants, her mother dies. This crushing loss fills her with guilt and self-doubt. Mary Ellen finds a path to self-forgiveness and peace when she reads a
