The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti

Hoping for a break from the demands of her lively daughter and her family's Idaho cattle ranch, a widowed Lily comes to southern France in the hope of finding some time to make sense of her life, entrusting all of her secrets, doubts, and betrayals to Madame Olivetti, her aged manual typewriter, and enjoying the companionship of the seductive handyman who comes to make repairs. A first novel. Original.