While researching an article, Anna Matteo stumbled upon stories about her father's death. Finding numerous references to alleged mafia ties, Anna begins to search through the archives of the library, the lawyers on both sides of the trial of his alleged killer, and her memory to piece together the man her father was and reconcile that with the image she had of him.

I loved the travels down memory lane, and the story of her father and his brushes with shady characters was fascinating for me. Unfortunately some of that was overshadowed for me by her tales of the present. The conversations came off as stilted to me, the talking to a picture of Amy Tan and arguing with it was a hard concept for me to grasp, and I didn't feel like the romance aspect fit in much with the story.
I mean, it was a memoir of sorts so it was obviously not a plotline, but I felt like the overall tone of the story was a tale of love and devotion to her father and family, and I felt that the prose written regarding the past was beautiful. Unfortunately, the now fell flat for me. I would have rather heard about Anna finding Gloria and finding out why she never showed up to the funeral to bid her goodbyes.