First published 2023
Agnes Lee has written her last Franklin Square novel under a pseudonym. Now the celebrated children's author faces a bigger challenge. She wants to donate Fellowship Point, a stunning stretch of Maine coast, to a conservation trust. The plan requires dissolving a partnership that has lasted generations. Agnes needs every shareholder to agree, including her closest friend Polly Wister. Polly has built her life around her philosophy professor husband and their three sons. She values harmony above all else. When Agnes presents her conservation plan, Polly finds herself caught between her friend's passion and her family's interests. Her sons oppose the donation. Meanwhile, young editor Maud Silver arrives with her own agenda. She wants Agnes to write a memoir. Agnes refuses, but Maud's persistence stirs up buried secrets that threaten to upend everything. As the battle over Fellowship Point intensifies, both women must confront what they truly want from the years they have left.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Fellowship Point, Maine
Period: 21st-century
608 pages · Paperback · Scribner