First published 2010
Annie Ferguson had everything mapped out. At twenty-six, she was building her career as a Manhattan architect, settling into her first apartment, and dating someone new. Then her sister died, leaving three children behind. Annie kept her promise to raise them, putting her own plans aside. Sixteen years later, she's forty-two and single by choice. Her career thrives, but her makeshift family is growing up. Liz, twenty-eight, works brutal hours as a Vogue editor and keeps men at arm's length. Ted, twenty-four, studies law while falling for an older woman with complications he can't handle. Katie, twenty-one, studies art and makes impulsive choices that worry Annie. As her nephew and nieces face adult problems, Annie struggles between helping them and letting them find their own way. She's preparing for an empty nest when an unexpected meeting changes everything. Her new path leads from Manhattan to Paris and Tehran, proving that life rarely follows the plans we make.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Manhattan, Paris, Tehran
Period: 21st-Century
322 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press