Series & collections
Read in order, or start anywhere
One continuing series set in a small Pennsylvania town, and four standalone novels you can read in any order.
Series · 4 books
The Penrose Street Stories
Aberly, Pennsylvania, is a slate town at the foot of Blue Mountain: steep streets of brick twins, a diner that opens at five, a Welsh chapel with a new roof, a bowling alley that has been open since 1961. Each novel belongs to one person’s year and stands on its own.
Collection · 4 books
Standalone novels
Homecomings in Maine, Vermont, Ohio, and New York. Read them in any order.
Port Haven, Maine
What June Kept
An aunt’s house above a Maine harbor, a cash offer that expires on Labor Day, and the first love who won’t sign.
A Vermont lake
One More August
A Vermont lake camp two families have shared since 1962, one last August, and the man who still knows how to fix the pump.
Cincinnati, Ohio
The Life She Put Away
A box of college drawings, a fellowship she never answered, and a second act that begins at fifty-one.
The Hudson Valley, New York
The Parts We Left Out
Two sisters, one Hudson Valley house, and a basement full of their father’s notebooks.
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