First published 2010
Mary Ann Singleton stands in the backyard cottage of her old friend Michael Tolliver, nursing wounds from two personal disasters that drove her back to San Francisco. Twenty years have passed since she abandoned her husband and child to chase television stardom in New York. Now fifty-seven and bruised by failure, she seeks refuge with Michael and his younger husband in the city she once called home. Through Facebook and reconnections with old friends, Mary Ann slowly rebuilds her life. But her troubled past refuses to stay buried. Her estranged daughter Shawna writes a popular sex blog. Michael works as a gardener with his transgender assistant Jake Greenleaf. The formidable Anna Madrigal still presides over their world, along with socialite DeDe Halcyon-Wilson. As Mary Ann navigates middle age and second chances, she must face the consequences of choices that shaped decades of separation from those she loved most.
Genres: american-fiction, contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: New York, San Francisco
Period: 20 Years Ago
304 pages · Hardcover · Harper