In 1927 Philadelphia, to save her family’s financial future and social standing, Helen Montgomery marries the black-sheep scion of a railroad magnate, but as her husband’s attempts to be published lead to frustration and her personal dreams recede, the cracks in the perfect life she desires start to show.

"Tuck is slow to understand the circumstances that have driven her family to an uninhabited island off the coast of Maine, the former home of her deceased grandmother where she once spent her childhood summers. Squatting there now, she must care for her spirited young daughter and scrape together enough money to leave before winter arrives--or before they are found out. Relying on the island for sustenance and answers--bladderwrack, rosehips, tenacious...

"Rose McCarthy es la legendaria directora de la revista Mode. Tras la muerte de su esposo, ha estrechado la relación con sus cuatro hijas. Todas tienen carreras de éxito: Athena es una conocida chef televisiva; Venetia es diseñadora de moda; Olivia, jueza de un tribunal superior; y Nadia, la más joven, es diseñadora de interiores en París. Nadia considera que su vida es perfecta: está casada con el aclamado autor Nicolas Bateau, que la adora...