First published 2023
Laurie Ormson packs her worn beige duffel bag for what might be the most important trip of her life. The world-traveling artist has invited her mother, the renowned "Dr. Liz," to join her in Paris and Norway. Her mother is everything Laurie is not: elegant, perfectionist, famous, the type who travels with matching luggage sets. When Laurie extends the invitation, she catches something unexpected in her mother's expression. A sparkle. A yes. Now mother and daughter find themselves navigating foreign cities together, two women as different as roommates in a sitcom. But this journey becomes something neither anticipated. Decades of unspoken truths begin to surface. Each woman carries secrets, her own voice, her own style of moving through the world. Paris becomes the backdrop for conversations that have waited a lifetime to happen. This is a story about the space between mothers and daughters, the things we say and the things we wish we had said.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Paris, Norway
320 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company