Mallory Ward has spent her career fighting for at-risk youth, but when tragedy strikes one of her clients, she flees to the Rhode Island coast and the mother she has avoided for years. What should be a retreat becomes a reckoning, as long-buried resentments rise and the past comes knocking.
Helen Ward has spent decades caring for the terminally ill, surrounding herself with mementos of other lives, other families. Her own daughter, however, has always been kept at arm’s length. Now, with Mallory’s return, Helen hopes for healing.
But hidden among her keepsakes is a secret powerful enough to fracture what little trust they have begun to rebuild.
Can a mother and daughter find forgiveness, or will the truth shatter them both?
