Having unexpectedly lost her husband and lacking the means to support herself and her two young daughters, Josie DiSanti takes refuge with her aunt in Mill River, Vermont. Thanks to Aunt Ivy, who runs the town's book shop, the community quickly come to know Josie and her girls, Rose and Emily. The sisters are inseparable growing up, but in their early college years, a tragedy tears them apart. Years later, the sisters agree to return for the reading of their mother's will, where they learn that Josie has devised a last-ditch attempt to force their reconciliation. They must move into neighboring houses for the summer and cooperate to locate the key to Josie's safe deposit box. Rose and Emily have no choice but to go along with their mother's scheme and try to find it within themselves to learn to become sisters again.
- ISBN10 1410472108
- ISBN13 9781410472106
- Publish Date 1 September 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 June 2021
- Imprint Thorndike Press
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 613
- Language English