Lee LowryLee Lowry is a former community activist and political consultant. Like her fictional counterpart, Lowry gave up a successful career in Boston and moved to Europe to help an old love cope with his grief after the loss of his wife to cancer. IF YOU NEDED ME is the first book of a trilogy inspired by Lowry's personal experiences as an expatriate, second wife and step-parent.Lowry lived in Switzerland for seven years before retiring with her husband to California in 2008. "We were planning to back to Massachusetts, but we quickly realized, for reasons of space and physical layout, that my home in Boston was not well suited for a retired couple. Its shortcomings gave us a remarkable opportunity, motivating us to define together the ideal house and ideal community - not his, not mine, but ours. Read More Read Less