Exploring themes of identity and change, this coming-of-age novel follows a young Jewish woman returning to her Alabama hometown after attending a Northern college. She quickly realizes that both her life and her personal growth are not as transformed as she had imagined. Through a blend of Southern fiction and serious topics like anorexia, family dynamics, and racial tensions, the narrative offers a poignant and engaging look at the complexities of her experiences in the Deep South.
From the author of Inheriting Edith comes a brave new novel about the
intersection of art and grief after the tragic loss of her own husband in
2017. Mia used to be fun. But even the best agenda is often rendered useless
by reality, and Mia realizes that the stories she's been telling herself are
just that.
A poignant debut novel about the transformative powers of yoga and friendship for four women on the verge of realizing their dreams. With beauty, brains, and a high-paying Wall Street position, Charlie was a woman who seemed to have it all—until she turned thirty and took stock of her life, or lack thereof. She left it all behind to pursue yoga, and now, two years later, she's looking to drum up business for her fledgling studio in Brooklyn. Attending her college's alumni night with fliers in tow, she reconnects with three former classmates whose post-graduation lives, like hers, haven't turned out like they'd hoped. Romance book editor Sabine still longs to write the novel that's bottled up inside her. Once an up-and-coming photographer and Upper East Side social darling, Naomi is now a single mom who hasn't picked up her camera in years. And Bess, who dreamed of being a serious investigative journalist a la Christiane Amanpour, is stuck in a rut, writing snarky captions for a gossip mag. But at a weekly yoga class at Charlie's studio, the four friends, reunited ten years after college, will forge new bonds and take new chances—as they start over, fall in love, change their lives...and come face-to-face with haunting realities.
Der Sommer der Frauen. Maggie hat alle Mühe, für sich und ihre kleine Tochter zu sorgen. Dann erbt sie ein Strandhaus in den Hamptons und könnte auf einen Schlag alle Probleme los sein – sofern sie sich um die darin lebende 82-jährige Edith kümmert, die an Alzheimer erkrankt ist. Doch Edith hat überhaupt keine Lust, ihr Heim mit einer schlechtgekleideten Fremden und einem trotzigen Kleinkind zu teilen. Aber dann verschlimmert sich ihr Zustand, und in ihrer Not, ihre Erinnerung zu verlieren, lässt sie es zu, dass Maggie ihr hilft, ein Geheimnis ihrer Vergangenheit zu lüften. Und so erleben die so unterschiedlichen Frauen einen einzigartigen Sommer der Neuanfänge. “Ein tragikomischer Lesegenuss und eine köstliche literarische Hühnersuppe für die Seele.“ Mary Kay Andrews.
