NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHandsome, widowed, sophisticated, utterly charming, Paul Parker won the heart of a wealthy young Frenchwoman the daughter of an American financier, the granddaughter of a major French art dealer as his second wife.
The story of a man s last.
He leaves her a gift that remained a mystery for their entire marriage, and she begins a search to discover its history and rightful owner.
But Paul has saved the biggest surprise for his ex-wife Veronique: a secret from the past that shakes her world and sets her free.
He has made a very personal bequest to each of his children, carefully designed to help them achieve their own unique dreams and find true happiness.
And his daughters see a new side to their father one that shows a caring man trying to redeem himself with a different, lasting legacy.
As his final wishes are revealed, his son is forced to face reality as an adult.
Now, after a long illness, Paul has slipped away peacefully in his sleep, and his family has gathered together to read his will.
And with no strong role model to guide him, Paul s son has gone from one failure to another, even while his stepmother makes excuses for him, as he seethes with jealousy of his younger sisters.
While they love their mostly absent, glamorous father, he has left them with a legacy of impermanence and uncertainty in their own relationships with men.
Raised by their mother with all the care and resolve their father lacked, the three Parker sisters have become vibrant, self-reliant young women: Timmie, the oldest, a fiercely dedicated social worker in New York; sweet, nurturing Juliette, proprietor of a fledgling bakery in Brooklyn; and their younger sister, Joy, who is struggling to build an acting career in Los Angeles.
But as irresponsible as he was irresistible, he ultimately shrugged off the demands of marriage and parenting to pursue life as an international bon vivant.
In two marriages, he fathered a challenging son and three very different daughters.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHandsome, widowed, sophisticated, utterly charming, Paul Parker won the heart of a wealthy young Frenchwoman the daughter of an American financier, the granddaughter of a major French art dealer as his second wife
