First published 2018
Kait Whittier has spent years building her magazine column into a national success. She loves her work and cherishes time with her adult children. After two failed marriages, she avoids romantic complications. Then she meets Zack Winter, a television producer from Los Angeles visiting Manhattan. Inspired by her grandmother's story, Kait writes a storyline for a TV series. Zack reads her work and decides to turn it into his next major project. Suddenly Kait finds herself surrounded by Hollywood talent: a competent director, an eccentric screenwriter, a famous actress hiding personal pain, a reclusive star from cinema's golden era, an arrogant starlet, a notorious bad boy actor, a gifted newcomer, and a legendary leading man. The cast becomes her second family as they share secrets and support each other. But during this magical year, Kait faces every mother's worst nightmare. She must find strength among the women in her life to survive heartbreak and discover joy again.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Los Angeles, Manhattan
Period: 21st-century
272 pages · Hardcover · delacorte press