Light, coming back

the long version

"Elegant, cultured Mercedes Medina is nearing sixty and preparing for the imminent death of her husband, Patrick. An acclaimed cellist twenty-five years her senior, Patrick approaches the end of his life with gusto, but for Mrs. Medina the journey is not as simple. Finding herself drawn to an impetuous woman nearly half her age, she struggles for balance as passion collides with responsibility, desire with loyalty, lust with love, and the present with the past and future. When Patrick dies and the woman, Lennie, disappears, Mrs. Medina is left alone, facing a future that will not allow her to continue living in the way she has."--BOOK JACKET.