If You Could See What I See

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<div><p><b>A widow finds solace working in her familys lingerie shop in this heartwarming novel by the author of<i>A Different Kind of Normal</i>.</b><br><br> For decades, the women in Meggie O'Rourkes family have run Lace, Satin, and Baubles, a lingerie business that specializes in creations as exquisitely pretty as they are practical. The dynamic in Meggies family, however, is perpetually dysfunctional. In fact, if Meggie werent being summoned back to Portland, Oregon, by her grandmother, shed be inclined to stay away all together.<br><br> Since her husbands death a year ago, Meggies emotions have been in constant flux, and so has her career as a documentary filmmaker. Finding ways to keep the family business afloatand dealing with her squabbling sister and cousinwill at least give her a temporary focus. To draw customers to their website, Meggie decides to interview relatives and employees about their first bras and favorite lingerie. She envisions something flip and funny, but the confessions that emerge are unexpectedly poignant. There are stories of first loves and aching regrets, passionate mistakes and surprising rendezvous. And as the revelations illuminate her familys past, Meggie begins to find her own way forward.<br><br> With warmth and unflinching humor,<i>If You Could See What I See</i>explores the tender truths we keep closeand what can happen when we find the courage to bare them to the world.<br><br><b>Praise for Cathy Lamb</b><br><br><b>This finely pitched family melodrama is balanced with enough gallows humor and idiosyncratic characters to make it positively irresistible. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>on<i>Henrys Sisters</i></b></p></div>

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