A Season for Leaving

A powerful literary novel about a woman who, after losing her job and marriage in New York, moves to a quiet coastal town to rebuild her life and finds healing through unlikely friendships.

Claire Harper sat on the edge of her apartment sofa, the city skyline bleeding into the dusk beyond the window. The room was sparsely furnished, the boxes half-unpacked, an echo of the life she had just left behind. New York — with its restless noise and endless demands — had become a place of endings. Today marked her last day as a banker, and, as she had feared, it ended with the same cold finality as her marriage. The letter was on the kitchen table, simple and official. Termination of employment. No ceremony, no explanation beyond the curt phrases about restructuring and business realignment. But Claire knew it was more than that — a quiet nudge out of a world where she no longer fit.

Published on 2026-02-03 by Jam eBooks