In Lieu of Flowers : Widdershins Books : 9780973739619 : 09 Feb 2019 : California. The very name is like a breathless whisper, the promise of a carefree life. But to Perry Breymann it's a reminder of a previous failed marriage, and a bitter secret former life he once struggled to escape. Now, fifteen years later, returning to Los Angeles with his family for the funeral of his beloved Uncle Rolly, at every turn there is the awful possibility that his former life will poison the happiness he's worked so hard to achieve.