Includes readers guide.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop at Waters End, here is a lush, heart-wrenching novel about the power of memory, the meaning of family, and learning to forgive.Ten years ago, Lena Donohue experienced a wedding-day betrayal so painful that she fled the small town of Watersend, South Carolina, and reinvented herself in New York City. Though now a freelance travel writer, the one place she rarely goes is homeuntil she learns of her dads failing health.Returning to Watersend means seeing the sister she has avoided for a decade and the brother who runs the familys Irish pub and has borne the burden of his sisters rift. While Alzheimers slowly steals their fathers memories, the siblings rush to preserve his life in stories and in photographs. As his secret past brings Lenas own childhood into focus, it sends her on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.