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A Novel
Crown Publishing Group
October 2010
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Featuring: Daisy Phillips
288 pages
ISBN: 0307464407
EAN: 9780307464408
Hardcover
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Women's Fiction Contemporary | Romance
Daisy Phillips is tired of being treated like an old lady.
Sure, there was that incident with the lawn mower and the
mud. And she did get trapped at the top of a ladder. But
that doesn’t make her incapable of living on her own, as her
son Dennis seems to think. Now Dennis is pushing her to sell
the family home in Liverpool and move into a retirement
community. To make matters worse, her best friend is going
away for the summer and the new boss at the library politely
informed her that her services as a volunteer are no longer
needed. Is it any wonder that Daisy is feeling
distressed?But the unflappable Daisy won’t go down without a
fight. What she needs to boost her spirits is an adventure.
A long-forgotten watch found in a box in the basement
provides the perfect start. The watch belonged to her first
love, an American soldier stationed in England during World
War II. With a decades-old Brooklyn address as her only
clue, Daisy embarks on a trip to New York City with plans to
track him down and return the valuable keepsake, and maybe
get a peek at the life she might have had. But first there’s
a haphazard family reunion, where she meets and settles in
with her colorful American cousins on Long Island. Elisabeth
is the harried working mother who’s engaged in a fashion
battle with one of her five sons. Richard, her attorney
husband, might be taking his enthusiasm for the game of
darts too far. And their sullen teenage son Michael is on
the brink of failing all his final exams. Though Elisabeth
can barely keep up with the life she already has, she
eagerly jumps on board with Daisy and her quixotic quest,
determined to help Daisy find her long-lost love—an
adventure that holds surprises for all involved.
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