Customers with their usual table at a restaurant have more than their fair share of problems. The manager Leo can help. These interconnecting stories, clever and intriguing, follow the fortunes of the customers and how they and their families react to the issues they face.

A father who dies leaving a dysfunctional family with a problem they alone can solve - will they find the right solution?

An overzealous lifestyle guru and his long-suffering wife - how can she cope with him?

A husband with financial problems wanting to sell a valuable work of art without his family knowing - can he find a way to do it?

These and other stories are told with warmth and humour, all from the author's experience as a lawyer advising families on their personal dilemmas. The stories often reveal what happens if the past is allowed to dictate to the present.