Inheriting Edith A Novel
Inheriting Edith A Novel by Zoe Fishman, published by HarperCollins on October 18, 2016, is a poignant story that explores the complexities of family life through the lens of unexpected inheritance. The narrative follows Maggie Sheets, a single mother who, after the death of a former employer, inherits a beach house in Sag Harbor. However, this beautiful home comes with a significant caveat: she must care for Edith, the deceased’s elderly mother, who is grappling with the effects of Alzheimer’s.
As Maggie navigates her new responsibilities, she and Edith initially anticipate disaster. Yet, as summer unfolds, a fragile bond begins to develop between them. The story delves into themes of memory, loss, and connection, revealing secrets that have been held for decades. This edition, comprising 320 pages, invites readers to witness the evolving relationship between two women from different generations as they seek understanding and solace in each other’s company.
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A poignant breakout novel, for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan and Elin Hilderbrand, about a single mother who inherits a beautiful beach house with a caveat—she must take care of the ornery elderly woman who lives in it.
For years, Maggie Sheets has been an invisible hand in the glittering homes of wealthy New York City clients, scrubbing, dusting, mopping, and doing all she can to keep her head above water as a single mother. Everything changes when a former employer dies leaving Maggie a staggering inheritance. A house in Sag Harbor. The catch? It comes with an inhabitant: The deceased’s eighty-two-year old mother Edith.
Edith has Alzheimer’s—or so the doctors tell her—but she remembers exactly how her daughter Liza could light up a room, or bring dark clouds in her wake. And now Liza’s gone, by her own hand, and Edith has been left—like a chaise or strand of pearls—to a poorly dressed young woman with a toddler in tow.
Maggie and Edith are both certain this arrangement will be an utter disaster. But as summer days wane, a tenuous bond forms, and Edith, who feels the urgency of her diagnosis, shares a secret that she’s held close for five decades, launching Maggie on a mission that might just lead them each to what they are looking for.
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