The latest novel from the genuinely bestselling author of seventeen compelling novels from A Woman of Substance to The Triumph of Katie Byrne. As students at the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts in Paris Alexandra Gordon Kay Lenox Jessica Pierce & Maria Franconi share the challenges & excitement of developing their artistic talents to the fullest under Sedgwick's caring & demanding guidance. But once best friends they part enemies & after graduation they go their separate ways pursuing careers & establishing lives in different corners of the world. Alexandra a set designer becomes a leading figure in New York's theatre world. Kay who marries & moves to Scotland designs a successful line of clothing. Jessica an interior designer makes her home in California while Maria returns to her native Italy where she continues to work in her family's textile business. For each of them the arrival of an invitation to Paris to celebrate Anya Sedgwick's eighty-fifth birthday stirs up complicated feelings: nostalgic memories are coloured by poignant regrets & the reluctance to revisit their own pasts mixes with curiosity about the other women. It is ultimately their desire to deal with unfinished business that convinces all of them to attend the party. During three eventful weeks in Paris they visit their old haunts rekindle ties & awaken in each other the sense of wonder adventure & possibilities they had shared so long ago.