The sea glass cottage : a novel

Summary: The life Olivia Harper always dreamed of isn't so dreamy these days. The sixteen-hour days are unfulfilling and so are things with her ex-fiance, who suddenly wants to take up where they left off. Then her estranged mother, Juliet, is seriously injured in a car accident, forcing Liv to pack up her life and head home to beautiful Cape Sanctuary on the Northern California coast. But as she gets closer to home, the painful memories start flooding back: Natalie, her vibrant older sister who spiraled into addiction. The endless arguments with her mother, who enabled her sister at every turn. The overdose that took Natalie, leaving her daughter, Caitlin, an orphan. As Liv tries to balance her own needs with those of her injured mother and resentful fifteen-year-old niece, it becomes clear that all three Harper women must come clean about the heartbreaking secrets they've been keeping from each other, before it's too late to heal the wounds that will make them a family again. -- From back cover.