She washes up on Pawleys Island, S.C., where she shares a beachfront rental with septuagenarian Grace, another New Jersey refugee. The Harrisons are empty nesters-children Sarah and Tim live out West-so one day, while Paul is yet again away on business, Joanna gets in her car and heads South.
But after countless relocations, she’s not looking forward to leaving her latest McMansion in a New Jersey suburb for a similar house in a similar cul-de-sac. Joanna Harrison should be pleased when her husband Paul finally attains his career goal, vice president of sales at telecommunications giant V.I.C. Joanna, however, is moving farther away from her old life as she joins a group dedicated to rescuing endangered loggerhead turtles, led by a charismatic fisherman unlike anyone she's ever met.A previously self-published debut novel about a “corporate wife” who flees her family to learn, and impart, valuable lessons about togetherness. One thing remains constant: He wants his wife back. He takes off on his own journey out west, searching for the answers to all that has gone wrong in his life. Entwined is Paul Harrison's story as he loses his wife, his job, and everything that defines him as a man. Together the two women embark on the most difficult journey of their lives: Joanna struggling for independence, roots, and a future of her own, as her family tugs at her from afar and Grace, choosing to live the remainder of her life for herself alone, knowing she may never see her children again. She finds a job as a live-in companion to Grace Finelli, a widow who has come to the island to fulfill a girlhood dream. She runs away to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, a place she's been to just once. Panicked at the thought of having to start all over again, Joanna commits the first irresponsible act of her life. Her children are grown and gone, her husband is more married to his job than to her, and now they're about to pack up once more. After more than a dozen moves in twenty-five years of marriage, Joanna Harrison is lonely and tired of being a corporate wife.
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