Brunonia Barry, the New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader, offers an emotionally compelling novel about finding your true place in the world. Zee Finch has come a long way from a motherless childhood spent stealing boats151;a talent that earned her the nickname Trouble. She's now a respected psychotherapist working with the world-famous Dr. Liz Mattei. She's also about to marry one of Boston's most eligible bachelors. But the suicide of Zee's patient Lilly Braedon throws Zee into emotional chaos and takes her back to places she though she'd left behind. What starts as a brief visit home to Salem after Lilly's funeral becomes the beginning of a larger journey for Zee. Her father, Finch, long ago diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, has been hiding how sick he really is. His longtime companion, Melville, has moved out, and it now falls to Zee to help her father through this difficult time. Their relationship, marked by half-truths and the untimely death of her mother, is strained and awkward. Overwhelmed by her new role, and uncertain about her future, Zee destroys the existing map of her life and begins a new journey, one that will take her not only into her future but into her past as well. Like the sailors of old Salem who navigated by looking at the stars, Zee has to learn to find her way through uncharted waters to the place she will ultimately call home.
Boston therapist Zee Finch's life begins to come unraveled after one of her patients commits suicide, conjuring up memories of the childhood trauma of witnessing her mother kill herself. To face her demons, Zee returns to her hometown of Salem, Mass., where she must also contend with her father's debilitating Parkinson's condition, and untangle the secrets of her past. Brunonia Barry follows up her surprise smash-hit bestseller, THE LACE READER, with an emotionally compelling tale about a lost woman slowly finding her way towards sanity and happiness.
- Genre: Mystery + Crime, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Family + Friendship, Types of Characters, Psychology, Medicine + Health, Women in Peril, Human Qualities + Behavior
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Pages: 432
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: March 22, 2011
- Date Published: March 22, 2011
- Author: Brunonia Barry