From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a novel about a family of women who seek refuge in an old beach house.
Atria
July 2010
On Sale: July 13, 2010
Featuring: Lizzie; Sylvie Serfer; Diana
368 pages ISBN: 0743294270 EAN: 9780743294270 Hardcover Add to Wish List
When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politicianβs wifeβher hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator. Lizzie, the Woodruffsβ younger daughter, is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieveβa husband, a young son, the perfect homeβand yet sheβs trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ERβs exam rooms, she finds herself craving more. After Richardβs extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be.
Written with an irresistible blend of heartbreak and hilarity, Fly Away Home is an unforgettable story of a mother and two daughters who after a lifetime of distance finally learn to find refuge in one another.
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