First published 2022
Preston and Constance Whittier die in a skiing accident, leaving their six adult children to gather in the family's Manhattan mansion without their parents for the first time. Lyle faces a crumbling marriage while caring for two kids. Gloria works on Wall Street at forty, still single and increasingly bitter. Twins Caroline and Charlie watch their fashion business struggle. Benjie, who has special needs, struggles most with losing his parents. Youngest daughter Annabelle drops out of college and spirals downward. The four oldest siblings must set aside their own problems and grief to care for Benjie and Annabelle. They face selling the family mansion and all its memories. The siblings search for an unconventional solution that might keep their family intact while each battles personal crises and the weight of sudden responsibility.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, grief
Setting: Manhattan, New York
272 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press