My mother once told me that if I ever marry, make sure I have my own money. Nothing lasts forever and people always change, she warned. Such wisdom rings true in Lily Steps Out by Rita Plush.

When Lily Gold’s retired husband Leon has a heart attack, the 55-year-old Jewish mother is shaken with the reality that she wouldn’t know what to do with herself if he had died. A dutiful wife of more than thirty years with a successful son, Lily wants a legacy of her own, outside of the home.