I'll be your blue sky
(Book)

On the weekend of her wedding, Clare Hobbes meets an elderly woman named Edith Herron. During the course of a single conversation, Edith gives Clare the courage to do what she should have done months earlier: break off her engagement to her charmingýet overly possessivef́ianc©♭. Three weeks later, Clare learns that Edith has diedánd has given her another gift. Nestled in crepe myrtle and hydrangea and perched at the marshy edge of a bay in a small seaside town in Delaware, Blue Sky House now belongs to Clare. Though the former guest house has been empty for years, Clare feels a deep connection to Edith inside its walls, which are decorated with old photographs taken by Edith and her beloved husband, Joseph. Exploring the house, Clare finds two mysterious ledgers hidden beneath the kitchen sink. Edith, it seems, was no ordinary womanánd Blue Sky House no ordinary place. With the help of her mother, Viviana, her surrogate mother, Cornelia Brown, and her former boyfriend and best friend, Dev Tremain, Clare begins to piece together the story of Blue Sky Houseá decades-old mystery more complex and tangled than she could have imagined. As she peels back the layers of Edithś life, Clare discovers a story of dark secrets, passionate love, heartbreaking sacrifice, and incredible courage. She also makes startling discoveries about herself: where sheś come from, where sheś going, and whatánd whośhe loves. Shifting between the 1950s and the present and told in the alternating voices of Edith and Clare, Iĺl Be Your Blue Sky is vintage Marisa de los Santosán emotionally evocative novel that probes the deepest recesses of the human heart and illuminates the tender connections that bind our lives.

Bookplate placed inside of front cover; Donated in loving memory of Nada Renken