Rich Soil: A Novel

Grief has a way of unearthing what we would rather ignore.

When Kate Talbott's husband, Raj, dies suddenly of a heart attack, the life she has so carefully constructed disappears with him. Newly widowed at forty-four, Kate retreats with her eleven-year-old daughter to True Farm, the sprawling Connecticut property that has belonged to her family for generations-and where Raj's ashes now lie buried.

As Kate sorts through the digital remains of her husband's life, she discovers that their seem...