And surprisingly, so do her mother and her daughter.
In the midst of all this turbulence, Claire begins to question everything she thought she wanted. And a chance encounter with an environmental writer results in an intriguing new relationship, undermining Claire's certainty that she's found the man with whom she hopes to spend the rest of her life. Her mother confides that at seventy-eight years old, she's still waiting for the love of her life. Claire's father reveals a fifty-year-old secret that threatens to unravel their family. But just as Claire is about to step into her new life, her estranged daughter suddenly shows up with a backpack full of problems. Before their fall wedding, she will be leaving for a summer on Cape Cod, where the fabled light has been luring artists for a century and the chance of a lifetime to study with one of the most noted photographers in the country. She has fallen in love with Rick Saunders, who is offering her both security and the opportunity to travel. A single mother and respected history teacher, she has also been caring for her aging parents.
Claire Noble gave up on her dreams a long time ago. Ultimately she explores the ways that growth is possible at every stage in life, if only we remain open-and how unexpected changes can lead us to places we never imagined." -Christina Baker Kline, author of The Way Life Should Be and Bird in Hand Everyone needs a dream. With a sure touch, she writes about the mother-daughter bond, the simple pleasures to be found in cooking, the pervasive nature of guilt, and the power of forgiveness.
The characters in So Happy Together will speak to you, and the best ones-Claire, Fanny, Amy, John-all have the ocean in their voices." -Anne Rivers Siddons, author of Off Season and Colony "In So Happy Together, Maryann McFadden deftly weaves a story of three generations of women and the men who orbit around them. "I can think of no writer I'd rather have sing me songs of the sea, even sad ones, than Maryann McFadden.
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