Karma Brown

A dual narrative in which a woman finds a cookbook buried in the basement of her new home and becomes captivated with the cookbook's previous owner, a 1950s housewife. Dissatisfied with her own life, she becomes absorbed in learning the story--and the secrets--of the last woman who lived in her house. Alice Hale left a career in publicity to become a writer and follow her husband to the New York suburbs. Unaccustomed to filling her days alone in...

"Two women's lives unexpectedly intertwine in this intriguing dual timeline novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author"--

Bestselling author Karma Brown is back with a morally infused and emotionally riveting exploration of one woman's guilt over an unexpected-yet avoidable-tragedy. Meg Pepper has a fulfilling career and a happy family. Most days she's able to keep it all together and glide through life. But then, in one unalterable moment, everything changes. After school pick up one day, she stops her car to wave a teenage boy across the street...just as another...

How to find guilt-free time for what you really want to do, and why it matters

Do you feel like you're always busy, even as your to-do list continues to grow?

Do you think you can't keep up as it is, let alone add another thing to your plate?

An award-winning journalist, avid reader and new mom, Karma Brown dreamed of writing her first novel. But between diapers and tight deadlines, how could she?

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