The Locket

"Mystical things happen every day; the key is to take notice..." Sometimes the most intriguing mysteries are those waiting to be unlocked within our own hearts… Abbey Taft is not one to say there is anything at all missing in her life. That is, until the fated meeting on her 42nd birthday leads her to a mysterious key. Inscribed with the number of a post office box, in an unfamiliar township far away, something about it piques her curiosity. Being intensely driven, focused on juggling her professional life and busy schedule as a single parent and caregiver to an elderly mother, Abbey is not prepared for the mystical connection she comes to find in that little The cache of letters from people who knew her years before brings her to reconsider the threads of her past, the choices she made long ago, and the invisible ties that still tether her to the family she suddenly doesn’t seem to recognize. With the help of a wise friend, and the bright interactions with her four-year-old daughter, Abbey lets the distractions of her busy life slip aside and begins reflecting on the newfound insights of the letters. A second visit to the post office reveals that the correspondences are moving forward in time, and with a heightened intensity that seems mirrored by her mother’s own lapses in memory, Abbey comes to realize that perhaps she herself has forgotten something important. Her search for clues about her family’s past begins, as well as her inner search for that quiet potential in her own heart that seems to summon her forward. When a last visit to the post office reveals no more letters but, instead, an antique gold locket, Abbey Taft realizes that at last she holds in her hand the final link from her past that will piece all her questions and discoveries together. With elements of romance, family secrets and the powerful bonds between women, The Locket is a story about awakening to one’s fullest potential and finding the courage to live with clear vision of the past, present and future.