Meet Marie Bostwick (Author and Crafter)

ABOUT THE BOOK:

From Marie Bostwick, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Restoration of Celia Fairchild, comes a new novel about the meaning of family, a woman’s struggle to claim her creativity, and the restorative powers of caramel cake, mountain air, and community.

Meet Esme...

Esme Cahill thinks she has failed spectacularly. Recently fired from her New York City publishing job, divorced from her husband, and possessing little more than a broken-down car and a pile of unfinished manuscripts, she drives home to Asheville at the request of her late grandmother, Adele, who had begged her, just before she died, to return to North Carolina.

There she discovers the once-charming lakeside retreat run by her family is sliding toward financial ruin, so with the help of her grandfather, George; estranged mother, Robyn; and a traveling chef Dawes (maker of the world’s best grilled cheese sandwich) they…