The Brevity of Roses

Spanning ten years The Brevity of Roses explores the interwoven lives of three damaged people who are each offered a chance to heal—if they can banish the ghosts of their pasts.. Meredith Dahlberg-Lang hides behind a facade. In public she's a wealthy socialite. In private she's a lonely woman with a heart imprisoned by guilt after her husband's death. But she can't deny the longing she feels when a younger man seeks her attention.. Jalal Vaziri after years of trying in vain to win his father's approval defies him by pursuing a new career. When he meets the woman of his dreams his satisfaction is complete but fate challenges his plan for a blissful future.. Renee Marshall matured beyond her years by a hard life heads for a fresh start in Los Angeles. But when car trouble detours her to a village on the central coast she enters the life of a man whose fierce denial of the need to be loved matches her own.