"Stitched together with love, this is a story just waiting for your
favorite reading chair. With her signature style and skill, Susan Wiggs
delivers an intricate patchwork of old wounds and new beginnings,
romance and the healing power of friendship, wrapped in a lovely little
community that's hiding a few secrets of its own."
-- Lisa Wingate, New York Times Bestselling author of Before We Were
Yours
The #1 New York Times bestselling author brings us her most ambitious
and provocative work yet--a searing and timely novel that explores the
most volatile issue of our time--domestic violence.
At the break of dawn, Caroline Shelby rolls into Oysterville,
Washington, a tiny hamlet at the edge of the raging Pacific.
She's come home.
Home to a place she thought she'd left forever, home of her heart and
memories, but not her future. Ten years ago, Caroline launched a career
in the glamorous fashion world of Manhattan. But her success in New York
imploded on a wave of scandal and tragedy, forcing her to flee to the
only safe place she knows.
And in the backseat of Caroline's car are two children who were orphaned
in a single chilling moment--five-year-old Addie and six-year-old Flick.
She's now their legal guardian--a role she's not sure she's ready for.
But the Oysterville she left behind has changed. Her siblings have their
own complicated lives and her aging parents are hoping to pass on their
thriving seafood restaurant to the next generation. And there's Will
Jensen, a decorated Navy SEAL who's also returned home after being
wounded overseas. Will and Caroline were forever friends as children,
with the promise of something more . . . until he fell in love with
Sierra, Caroline's best friend and the most beautiful girl in town. With
her modeling jobs drying up, Sierra, too, is on the cusp of reinventing
herself.
Caroline returns to her favorite place: the sewing shop owned by Mrs.
Lindy Bloom, the woman who inspired her and taught her to sew. There she
discovers that even in an idyllic beach town, there are women living
with the deepest of secrets. Thus begins the Oysterville Sewing
Circle--where women can join forces to support each other through the
troubles they keep hidden.
Yet just as Caroline regains her creativity and fighting spirit, and the
children begin to heal from their loss, an unexpected challenge tests
her courage and her heart. This time, though, Caroline is not going to
run away. She's going to stand and fight for everything--and
everyone--she loves.
