The Hidden Cottage

the long version

Mia Channing appears to have an enviable life: a beautiful home in the village of Little Pelham, a happy, stable marriage, a job she enjoys and three grown-up children to whom she's devoted. But appearances are deceiving; the truth is that it's all a precarious balancing act. When the family gather for her son's thirtieth birthday, Daisy, her youngest daughter, drops a bombshell in only the way Daisy can. Once again Mia finds herself cast in the role of peacemaker. It's a role she's tired of. Not surprisingly, Mia longs for escape.