The Introduction of Queen Bees

I look in the mirror and wonder where I went... With these words we are swept away to Italy: an apartment off the Via Cassia illumined by the legendary light of Rome. To the whitewashed stucco cottage in Marin County California where five days after Susan Diodati returns from Italy her mother dies. The unfathomable grief. The unexpected solace of taking refuge in the family home that is now hers to live in until she dies which is exactly what she wants until the discovery of a box of letters hidden in the linen closet. The drama they expose draws Susan into a mystery she is resolute to unravel. But after a year of sleuthing she runs for rescue to the stark high desert of Sedona Arizona where the most famous energy vortex Cathedral Rock shatters her illusions about family love and responsibility. Sedona lights the fuse on a profound and emotional journey of transformation that hurls Susan onto the road of self-discovery forgiveness and renewal.