CECE DOWNING STARTS OVER

A witty heartfelt novel about a young woman who leaves everything behind to work on an oyster farm in a small New England town perfect for readers of Lily King s Writers & Lovers and Jenny Jackson s The Shampoo Effect Fun thoughtful romantic Ann Napolitano Hello Beautiful and Dear EdwardA 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