First published 2005
Clara Raymond has built her life around delivering babies and saving lives as an obstetrician. When childhood friend Lydia Benson walks into her world again, Clara remembers how Lydia once pulled her from danger after a horseback riding accident years ago. The two women reconnect briefly, but their reunion ends in devastating loss. The tragedy forces Clara to abandon her medical practice and return to California, where she grew up. As she retraces the paths of her youth, Clara must confront the choices that shaped her into the woman she became. Her journey back home becomes a search for what truly matters in life. Clara discovers that healing others means nothing if she cannot heal herself. This debut novel follows one woman's struggle to find meaning after loss transforms everything she thought she knew about living.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, found-family, second-chance
Setting: California
Period: 20th-century
288 pages · Paperback · NAL Trade