Anne Marie Roche really wants to discover happiness again. At thirty-eight, her life’s not really what she’d expected – she’s childless, a recent widow, only. She owns an effective bookstore on Seattle’s Blossom Road, but despite her achievements, there’s a feeling of emptiness. On Valentine’s Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate…what? Hope, possibility, the near future. They each begin a list of twenty wants, things they often wanted to do but never do. Anne Marie’s list starts with: Find a fortunate note about life. It offers learning to knit, carrying out good for someone else, falling in like again. She starts to act on her behalf wishes, and when she volunteers at a local school, an eight-year-old female named Ellen gets into her existence. It’s a relationship that becomes far more regarding than Anne Marie intended. It also becomes far more important than she ever truly imagined. As Ellen assists Anne Marie comprehensive her set of twenty wishes, they both learn that wishes can come accurate – however, not necessarily in the way you expect.