Starting over can be hard to do . . . So when mum of two Beth moves out of her beloved marital home and into an unloved and unkempt cottage she can't help but feel demoralised. Faced with months of DIY and dust her children Jacob and Olivia aren't impressed either. But when Beth finds a box of letters while she's clearing out the children's room things start to look up. The correspondence is decades old between agony aunt Evelyn and those in need of solace. Intrigued as to why the letters have been kept safe all these years Beth can't resist reading them and as the wisdom and kindness of Evelyn falls off the pages so Beth starts to feel she has a friend and champion in this woman she has never met. Good advice doesn't age and as life starts to look brighter Beth begins to wonder if she could track down Evelyn and thank her for her help. But as Beth uncovers more about Evelyn's story it becomes clear that everything is not as it seems. And now Beth is determined to bring peace to Evelyn as she has to her.
