A compassionate and insightful novel about family, broken dreams, and holding on to everything in life that matters. Five cousins must band together to decide the future of their shared inheritance-the family's sprawling property in Stowe, Vermont-but with each at a different place in life, reaching a unanimous decision seems unlikely. Penny struggles with depression and craves stability in an unstable world. Halsey is divorced, raising her child, and contending with an unexpected realization about herself. Irresponsible William can be counted on only to fall in love as capriciously as he falls out of it. And both Laurie and Chris are floundering after betrayals-hers professional, his personal. With little in common except childhood memories, the five face impossible choices. It's going to take sacrifice, compromise, and a plan for moving forward they can all agree to. Until then, the fate of the Nolan family compound is as uncertain as their paths in life. As five lives in flux converge and tensions run high, the cousins will have to rely on each other if they're to have any hope of preserving the past.
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