Here on Earth

by Alice Hoffman

First published 1997

March Murray comes home after nearly two decades away, compelled by the death of her beloved housekeeper. Thrust back into the world of her youth, March must confront her complicated history with the family and the town she left behind. As she reconnects with her brother Alan, struggling with grief, and Hollis, the man she's never been able to forget, March is forced to reckon with the choices that shaped her life. In the midst of this emotional reckoning, March must decide whether to embrace the possibility of second chances or leave the past behind for good.

Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama

Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: second-chance, unreliable-narrator

Setting: Massachusetts

272 pages · Hardcover · Chatto & Windus

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