Family Tree

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful, emotionally complex story of love, loss, and the promise of the future. Annie Harlow, a producer of a popular television cooking show, seems to have it all—a handsome husband, a beautiful home in Los Angeles, and a pregnancy with their first child. However, her life is shattered in an instant. Awakening from a yearlong coma, Annie realizes that time has stolen more than just her past. Grieving and wounded, she retreats to her family’s maple farm in Switchback, Vermont, where she reconnects with her free-spirited brother, their divorced mother, and her four young nieces and nephews. As she navigates the world she left behind, including her high-school boyfriend turned judge, Annie discovers a cookbook written by her grandmother that holds an age-old mystery, potentially saving the family farm. This is a tale of one woman’s triumph over betrayal and her journey to come to terms with her past. It explores unrealized joys and regained opportunities, blending humor, sadness, and wisdom into a narrative that is both complex and heartfelt—a novel to cherish and remember.