A witty, heartfelt novel about a young woman who leaves everything behind to work on an oyster farm in a small New England town.
‘ Fun, thoughtful, romantic! ’ Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful and Dear Edward
A new town, a new life, a new man – get ready for the reinvention of Cece Downing . . .
Sacked from her city job and following a messy break up with her fiancé , Cece decides it’ s time for a new start, which is how she ends up in a New England coastal town working as a deckhand on an oyster boat and falling for her neighbour, Morgan, a handsome shipyard worker.
But when plans for an oyster farm divide the community, and a family crisis forces her to reevaluate her choices, Cece must decide what she’ s prepared to risk for the life she wants . . .
‘ This novel has everything I love about a New England summer: it’ s warm, fun, the people are witty, and there’ s a hot guy who works in the boatyard’ Annie Hartnett, Rabbit Cake and The Road to Tender Hearts
‘ An intimate coastal portrait of reinvention, tracing a woman who trades certainty for saltwater’ Weike Wang, Rental House
