by Laura Munson
First published 2021
Willa Silvester faces an impossible question after her husband's death: what comes next? She must leave the small mountain town they built together, but first she sends identical invitations to three friends scattered across the country. Each woman has reached her own crossroads where carefully planned futures have crumbled. One childhood friend battles her own struggles. Two others grapple with life's unexpected turns just when middle age should have brought stability. The four women gather at Willa's Montana homestead for seven days away from their complicated lives. In big sky country, surrounded by rugged wilderness, they seek answers from the natural world and each other. Each must figure out her second act while Willa confronts her grief and an uncertain future. The week becomes a space where friendship and the Montana landscape offer guidance for women who thought they knew where life was heading.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Montana
288 pages · Paperback · Blackstone Publishing