St. Martin's Press
August 2018
On Sale: July 24, 2018
Featuring: Willa
336 pages ISBN: 1250043832 EAN: 9781250043832 Kindle: B01MZ814SH Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
In New York Times bestselling author Beth Harbison's most emotional novel ever, a fractured family must come together at a beach house haunted by the past.
Willa has never fully recovered from the sudden death of her husband, Ben. She became an absent mother to her young son, Jamie, unable to comfort him while reeling from her own grief.
Now, years after Benβs death, Willa finally decides to return to the beach house where he passed. Itβs time to move on and put the Ocean City, Maryland house on the market.
When Willa arrives, the house is in worse shape than she could have imagined, and the memories of her time with Ben are overwhelming. They met at this house and she sees him around every corner. Literally. Benβs ghost keeps reappearing, trying to start conversations with Willa. And she canβt help talking back.
To protect her sanity, Willa enlists Jamie, her best friend Kristin, and Kristinβs daughter Kelsey to join her for one last summer at the beach. As they explore their old haunts, buried feelings come to the surface, Jamie and Kelsey rekindle their childhood friendship, and Willa searches for the chance to finally say goodbye to her husband and to reconnect with her son.
Every Time You Go Away is a heartfelt, emotional story about healing a tragic loss, letting go, and coming together as a family.
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