First published 2011
Jules Wildgren faces a financial crisis as a Princeton senior. Her father battles addiction, and the cost of treatment stretches beyond what she can afford on a student budget. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania housewife Annie Barrow struggles with her own money troubles, barely keeping her family above water. Across town, India Bishop confronts a different kind of emptiness. She wants a baby, but her stepdaughter Bettina views this desire with suspicion and doubt. These three women seem to live in separate worlds until circumstances pull their stories together. Bettina discovers she carries an unexpected pregnancy, creating a connection none of them saw coming. The women must navigate choices about money, family, and sacrifice. Their decisions will reshape not just their own futures but the bonds between them.
Genres: fiction, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unexpected-pregnancy
Setting: Pennsylvania, Princeton
Period: 21st-century
352 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books
Content warnings: addiction