
Bea is in Boothbay Harbor to surreptitiously observe her biological mother, Veronica Russo-something of a legend in town-who Bea might not be ready to meet after all. The story concerns Bea Crane, a floundering twenty-two-year-old who learns in a deathbed confession letter that she was adopted at birth. Yet a heart-tugging local story about women, family ties, love, and loss captures her heart- and changes everything.

From the author of The Meryl Streep Movie Club, “a heartwarming, spirit-lifting read just in time for beach season” ( Kirkus Reviews), comes a new novel about three women, connected in secret and surprising ways, who are in for a life-changing summer when rumor has it that actor Colin Firth is coming to their Maine town to film a movie.Īfter losing her job and leaving her beloved husband, journalist Gemma Hendricks is sure that scoring an interview with Colin Firth will save her career and marriage.
