First published 2021
Melissa Henderson once wrote bestselling novels. Now she spends her days restoring a Victorian house in rural New England, having abandoned her writing career after a tragedy six years earlier. The renovation work gives her life structure and meaning. When her house appears on television news, her estranged sister Hattie calls her. The sisters were once close, but Melissa pulled away from everyone after her world collapsed. Hattie refuses to let their relationship remain broken. She pushes Melissa to face the most painful experience of her past: the baby Melissa gave up for adoption as a teenager in Ireland. Hattie believes they must search for this child, now grown up and named Ashley. The quest forces both sisters to confront old wounds and rebuild their bond. Their journey becomes one of healing, forgiveness, and the possibility of reuniting a family torn apart by circumstances and time.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: estranged-siblings, second-chance
Setting: Ireland, New England
Period: 21st-century
288 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press