Sometimes we know the least about those we love the most.

When psychotherapist Virginia DeLuca’s sixty-year-old husband walked out saying he wanted babies, everyone had a theory: He knocked up another woman. He had a nervous breakdown. He has a brain tumor. DeLuca spent decades helping clients cope with sudden losses and dramatic changes—and then she experienced a sudden loss, leaving her with the mystery of the ending and the need to forge an unfamiliar path. If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets is an unflinching exploration of love and relationships from a woman who ultimately found that life can expand in unexpected ways.