Starting over means looking back for a mother and daughter on the road to reinventing themselves in a moving novel about family secrets and second chances by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jamie Beck. Seventeen years ago, two pink stripes on a pregnancy test changed Anne Sullivan's life. She abandoned her artistic ambitions, married her college sweetheart before graduation, and-like the mother she lost in childhood-devoted herself to her family. To say she didn't see the divorce coming is an understatement. Now, eager to distance herself from her ex and his lover, she moves with her troubled daughter, Katy, to the quaint bayside town of Potomac Point, where she spent her childhood summers. But her fresh start stalls when the contractor and onetime love interest renovating her grandparents' old house discovers a vintage recipe box containing hints about her beloved grandmother's hidden past. Anne is drawn into exploring the mysterious clues about the woman whose memory is fading, while also helping her daughter manage a rocky adjustment to a new school. When uncovered secrets shatter past beliefs, each woman must confront her deepest fears in order to learn it's never too late to live her best life.

About the Author
Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Beck's realistic and heartwarming stories have sold more than two million copies. She is a two-time Booksellers' Best Award finalist and a National Readers' Choice Award winner, and critics at Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist have respectively called her work "smart," "uplifting," and "entertaining." In addition to writing novels, she enjoys hitting the slopes in Vermont and Utah and dancing around the kitchen while cooking. Above all, she is a grateful wife and mother to a very patient, supportive family. Fans can get exclusive excerpts and inside scoops and be eligible for birthday gift drawings by subscribing to her newsletter at http://eepurl.com/b7k7G5. She also loves interacting with everyone on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JamieBeckBooks.

Reviews
Travel + Leisure 20 Most Anticipated Books for Fall Brit + Co 10 Great books for your Virtual Book Club Ms. Career Girl 12 Most Anticipated Books of Fall Bookstr 7 New Books for Book Club Frolic 10 Books Perfect for Your Book Club "Beck spins a poignant, multigenerational coming-of-age tale as these three women navigate their identities, dreams, and love lives. Complex and introspective, this is by turns heart-wrenching and infectiously hopeful." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Jamie Beck has the remarkable ability to bring her characters vividly to life...a powerful and meaningful story. Highly recommended." -Fresh Fiction "This is [a] sharp and graceful tale of mothers and daughters, secrets and tangled family histories. Jamie Beck brings her clear-eyed prose style and smart characterizations to the story of a mother and daughter doing their best-and often failing-to make their way to a new life after a divorce. A thoughtful, moving book from a writer stepping into the fullness of her talents." -Barbara O'Neal, bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids



Book Information
ISBN 9781542008730
Author Jamie Beck
Format Paperback
Page Count 334
Imprint Montlake Romance
Publisher Amazon Publishing