In the tradition of Kristin Hannah and Karen Joy Folwer, Meg
Waite Clayton, bestselling author of The Wednesday Sisters,
returns with an enthralling new novel of mothers, daughters,
and the secrets and dreams passed down through generations.
It is early evening when Hope Tantry arrives at the small
cottage in England’s pastoral Lake District where her
mother, Ally, spent the last years of her life. Ally—one
of a close-knit group of women who called themselves the
Wednesday Sisters—had used the cottage as a writer’s
retreat while she worked on her unpublished biography of
Beatrix Potter, yet Hope knows little about her mother’s
time there. Traveling with Hope are friends Anna Page and
Julie, first introduced as little girls in The Wednesday
Sisters, now grown women grappling with issues of a
different era. They’ve come to help Hope sort through her
mother’s personal effects, yet what they find is a tangled
family history—one steeped in Lake District lore.
Hope finds a stack of Ally’s old notebooks tucked away in
a hidden drawer, all written in a mysterious code. As she,
Julie, and Anna Page try to decipher Ally’s writings—the
reason for their encryption, their possible connection to
the Potter manuscript—they are forced to confront their
own personal struggles: Hope’s doubts about her marriage,
Julie’s grief over losing her twin sister, Anna Page’s
fear of commitment in relationships. And as the real reason
for Ally’s stay in England comes to light, Hope, Julie,
and Anna Page reach a new understanding about the enduring
bonds of family, the unwavering strength of love, and the
inescapable pull of the past.
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