First published 2026
Julia Glover steps off the plane in Paris knowing this will be her last adventure with her daughter Piper. Julia is dying, and they have one week to create memories that must last Piper a lifetime. As they explore the city, both women find unexpected connections. Piper meets a French waiter who sees past her grief, while Julia encounters a mysterious man at a local bar but struggles to reveal her terminal diagnosis. Their story weaves together with other Americans in Paris that same week: rock star Jackson Quick prepares for his comeback tour while searching for meaning beyond fame, songwriter Henry McGee races to find his wartime love Celeste after believing her dead for eighty years, and Henry's granddaughter Melody confronts her cheating husband Gilles and questions whether forgiveness is possible. Each character faces a crossroads during these spring days in the City of Light, forced to choose between holding onto the past or embracing an uncertain future.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: bittersweet, emotional, intimate, introspective, poignant
Tropes: found-family, intertwined-stories, multiple-perspectives, second-chance-romance
Setting: Paris, France
Period: 21st-century, Spring
368 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books
Content warnings: death, terminal-illness