Praised for “graceful prose and easy storytelling” (Publishers Weekly), the celebrated author of The Myth of You and Me presents the heartfelt story of three grown siblings who return to their childhood home to unravel a family secret.Eloise Hempel is on her way to teach a class at Harvard when she receives a devastating phone call. Her sister and brother-in-law have been killed in a tragic accident, and Eloise must return home to Cincinnati to take their three children, Theodora, Josh, and Claire, out of the hands of her own incapable mother. She moves back into her mother’s century-old house and, after her mother leaves, pours her own money into its upkeep. Nearly two decades later, Eloise is still in that house with now-grown Theo, Josh, and Claire, still thinking about the career and life she left behind, even as she pushes the kids to move on.
