The Life We Write
Claire Thompson is the one people call when their lives are falling apart. For years, she built a reputation in Washington, D.C. as the attorney who could manage any crisis, make any scandal disappear, fix anything. But when her carefully constructed career and the marriage tied to it implodes, she calls her sister and escapes to small town California to catch her breath and figure out who she is when no one expects her to bill six minute increments.
In Alderidge, Claire rediscovers the things she once loved, friendships that don't revolve around power or politics, and finds herself journaling increasingly creative ways to fictionalize the demise of her ex-husband, which may or may not be what her therapist would recommend. Then there is Ryan, a quiet, slightly mysterious vacationer who spends an awful lot of time in the local diner and seems to understand her dark humor better than anyone should. Their conversations start as a distraction but turn into something more as Claire begins to imagine a future defined not by what she lost, but by what she might choose next.
The Life We Write is a warm, witty story about second chances, creative courage, and the risk of opening your life to new things after it has been professionally and personally dismantled. It is about the stories we tell ourselves to survive and the ones we dare to write when we are finally ready to begin again.
Coming April 2026
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