The Silence Between Us

After twenty years of estrangement, two sisters — practical, guarded Maggie and impulsive, unpredictable Finn — inherit their mother’s crumbling bookshop by the sea. The shop is drowning in debt, the roof is leaking, and neither sister wants to stay. But their mother left one final condition: they must work together for one full summer before selling. As they unpack boxes of unsold stock and dusty romance novels, they uncover more than old books. They find letters, photographs, and secrets their mother kept hidden. To save the bookshop — or to let it go — Maggie and Finn must finally confront the one thing they’ve never discussed: the summer their family fell apart. A novel about forgiveness, second chances, and the stories we inherit.