NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A luminous novel exploring a womanâs desire to abandon the endless obligations of work and marriageâand the idea that the most passionate romance can be found with the person you know best.
From the author of Not My Daughter comes the story of Emily Aulenbach, an idealistic young lawyer who once dreamed of representing victims of corporate abuse. Instead, she now spends her days in a cubicle arguing victims of corporate greed out of their rightful claims.
And it isnât only work. Itâs her sister, her friends, even her husband, Tim, with whom she doesnât connect the way she used to. She doesnât connect to much in her life, period, with the exception of three thingsâher computer, her BlackBerry, and her watch. One day, she snaps. Without telling anyone where she is going, she heads north to Bell Valley, New Hampshire, the small town where she spent a life-altering summer during her college years. There, she will set out to forge new relationships with lovers, long-lost friends and the person she once wanted to become.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A luminous novel exploring a womanâs desire to abandon the endless obligations of work and marriageâand the idea that the most passionate romance can be found with the person you know best.
From the author of Not My Daughter comes the story of Emily Aulenbach, an idealistic young lawyer who once dreamed of representing victims of corporate abuse. Instead, she now spends her days in a cubicle arguing victims of corporate greed out of their rightful claims.
And it isnât only work. Itâs her sister, her friends, even her husband, Tim, with whom she doesnât connect the way she used to. She doesnât connect to much in her life, period, with the exception of three thingsâher computer, her BlackBerry, and her watch. One day, she snaps. Without telling anyone where she is going, she heads north to Bell Valley, New Hampshire, the small town where she spent a life-altering summer during her college years. There, she will set out to forge new relationships with lovers, long-lost friends and the person she once wanted to become.