First published 2020
Eileen Jackson built her life around her husband Paul and their family in Connecticut. She gave up her career dreams to create what seemed like a solid marriage. Then she learns that Paul's frequent nights in the city hide his affair with a younger woman. At nearly forty, Eileen faces the ruins of her sacrificed years. Paul's girlfriend Olivia battles her own struggles. She lives in the shadow of her famous actress mother and her fiercely independent grandmother, a ninety-something artist. With their support, Olivia makes a major career move but realizes she needs to understand herself before binding her life to someone else. Eileen makes her own bold choice. She leaves everything behind and moves to Paris to pursue the dreams she abandoned decades earlier. In the City of Light, she discovers an adventure that reshapes her completely. The story reveals that starting fresh can happen at any stage of life.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: second-chance, starting-over
Setting: Connecticut, Paris
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
288 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press