Life and Other Inconveniences

After Emma London’s mother died by suicide when Emma was a child, her worthless father left her with his high society mother, Genevieve. When Emma got pregnant at 17, Genevieve banished her and broke off contact. Eighteen years later, Emma and her teenage daughter, Riley, are contacted by Genevieve, who’s dying of a brain tumor and wants to meet Riley before she goes. Emma reluctantly accepts and brings her daughter to Genevieve’s Connecticut estate for the summer. Riley and Genevieve become close, but Emma keeps her guard up. Each chapter is written from the perspective of different characters, helping readers learn what made these damaged people the way they are. The colorful supporting characters include Genevieve’s housekeeper and only friend, Riley’s father and his new family, attractive single dad Miller, and a pack of unruly dogs.