Brooke Lea Foster Books in Order

Brooke Lea Foster examines the experience of adults whose parents divorce, drawing on personal experience and other families' stories. She discusses changing loyalties, difficult financial conversations, stepfamilies, and rebuilding relationships without becoming trapped between parents.

In 1962, college student Heddy Winsome takes a nanny job with a wealthy Martha's Vineyard family. Losing her scholarship jeopardizes her future, while romantic possibilities and her employers' concealed troubles challenge the glamorous life she envies.

In 1957, Lee Farrows receives a Southampton hotel as an engagement gift from her wealthy fiancé. Its troubled opening revives painful childhood memories and forces her to reconsider the marriage and privileged future she had planned.

Working-class Thea and wealthy Margot form an unlikely friendship in the Hamptons until an August incident divides them. Ten years later, Margot returns asking for help, forcing Thea to confront their shared past and her own dissatisfaction.

After her senator father dies, Betsy Whiting returns to Martha’s Vineyard for a final family summer before their house is sold. Her mother’s summons brings three sisters together as old romances, debts and family secrets resurface.