Inheriting Edith: A Novel

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Apoignant breakout novel, for fans ofJ. Courtney Sullivan and Elin Hilderbrand,about a single mother who inherits a beautiful beach house with a caveatshe 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 deceaseds eighty-two-year old mother Edith.

Edith has Alzheimersor so the doctors tell herbut she remembers exactly how her daughter Liza could light up a room, or bring dark clouds in her wake. And now Lizas gone, by her own hand, and Edith has been leftlike a chaise or strand of pearlsto 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 shes 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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"Zoe Fishman's INHERITING EDITH is a tragicomic delight, pairing single mother and professional house cleaner Maggie with prickly, resentful, 82-year-old Edith, thrown together in a Sag Harbor beach house after Edith's famous author daughter Liza takes her own life--and bequeaths the house and her mother to Maggie, her former friend and employee. Fishman deftly explores the intricate territory of mother-daughter relationships as well as the haunting specter of an Alzheimer's diagnosis for famously independent Edith. Throw in winsome toddler Lucy, the hilarious meddling of best friend/yenta Esther, and an intriguing potential suitor in the form of a local toy store owner, and you have a delicious literary chicken soup for the soul." -- Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of THE WEEKENDERS "A beautifully crafted story about second chances and life's big surprises. Warm spirited and emotionally rich, INHERITING EDITH celebrates the fine line between friendship and family. These characters will tug at your heart." -- Jamie Brenner, author of The Wedding Sisters "A heartbreaking story about life, love, and friendship that you'll want to devour in one sitting." -- Erin Duffy, author of BOND GIRL and LOST ALONG THE WAY

Author Bio

Zoe Fishman is the author of Balancing Acts and Saving Ruth. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and son.