The Inner Sea: A Memoir of Motherhood, Adoption, and a Bright Blue Bus

For readers of Educated and Maid, this stirring memoir traces one woman’s path from a deeply religious, off-grid upbringing through heartbreak, reinvention, and the complexity of motherhood.

When Kate Stapleton becomes pregnant in the midst of a destructive relationship, she makes the most difficult decision of her life: placing her daughter for adoption. In the years that follow, Kate rebuilds from the ground up—working in orchards, studying the harp, and founding a Shakespeare company. She...