New York: Flatiron Books, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, longlisted for the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award
and for the 2018 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, and included on just about list of recommended books out their - including The New York Times Book Reviews Editors Choice and Kirkus Reviewss 13 Fiction Debuts and Breakthroughs That Live Up to the Hype. Decades after she gave up career as a writer to raise two precocious sons, Ashby is "poised to reclaim the spotlight, to resume the intended life she gave up for love, a betrayal of Shakespearean proportion forces her to question every choice she has made.. . a story about sacrifice and motherhood, the burdens of expectation and genius.. . with a heroine candid about her struggles and unapologetic in her ambition." 531 pp. ISBN: 978-1250081438.