At sixty-one, Charlotte Collins thought she knew what the rest of her life would look like. Then the life she had built ended-and she came home.
After nearly thirty years in Florida and the loss of her husband, Mark, Charlotte returns to the small Rhode Island town where she grew up. She buys a weathered Cape on Harbor Lane, determined to make a life there even if she isn't quite sure yet what that life is supposed to be.
Then a hidden box is discovered behind the wall of her new home.
Inside are photographs, letters, and the story of a young woman named Connie-someone Charlotte thought she knew. As the secrets of one long-ago autumn begin to unfold, Charlotte finds herself looking differently at the choices that shape a life, the stories families leave untold, and the possibilities that remain when you think your best chapters may already be behind you.
Set against the changing seasons of a fictional coastal New England town, Autumn on Harbor Lane is a warm, thoughtful novel about grief, friendship, family secrets, and discovering that starting over doesn't have to mean leaving everything you loved behind.