Lila Chapin feels invisible. A devoted wife and mother of
two, she sacrificed her teaching career as her husband’s
job moved the family around the country. Now settled in the
Boston suburbs, he is swiftly climbing the corporate ladder
while she takes care of him and their sons. She is greatly
appreciated at the soup kitchen where she volunteers, but
at home she’s taken for granted. She realizes just how true
this is when her husband and children forget her fortieth
birthday.
She withdraws a chunk of money from the bank and takes off.
This will be her birthday present to herself: a month
without her family, a month in which she puts herself, her
needs and her whims first.
Ken Chapin loves his wife. Yes, he has been neglecting her
lately as he vies for a senior management position at the
high-tech firm where he works, but he’s always assumed they
were a team, working side by side to make their family
happy. Yet what kind of team is it when Ken gets all the
glory and Lila does all the vacuuming? Her disappearance
forces him to reconsider the direction their lives have
taken and just how much he needs her. But has his insight
arrived too late to save their marriage?
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