Rita Lussier (MSA79)

What does a mother do when her youngest child leaves home and her perfectly ordered (well, almost) life is suddenly thrown off its track, leaving her to wonder if she will ever again find that comfortable rhythm, that sense of belonging?

After twenty-seven years of motherhood, Rita Lussier sees her youngest child off to New York City and drives home to what she thinks will be the calm after the storm—only to find no comfort, nothing familiar. Welcome to the Great Big Empty Nest!