Isabelle forrester is the wife of a prominent parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. For years, isabelle has lived a life of isolation, caring for her desperately ill son and her teenage daughter. ...Isabelle forrester is the wife of a prominent parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. For years, isabelle has lived a life of isolation, caring for her desperately ill son and her teenage daughter. She allows herself one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship with a Washington power broker who, like isabelle, is trapped in an empty marriage.