Places to Stay the Night: A Novel

A "sparkling" novel of love and loss from the bestselling author of Kitchen Yarns, "one of the best young writers in the world of contemporary fiction" (Booklist).

Libby Harper, unsatisfied with her suburban life, abandons Massachusetts, her two teenage children, and Tom, her husband of eighteen years. Depressed and feeling trapped, she is determined to realize her fantasies of Hollywood fame before it is too late.

Dana has been expecting her mother to walk out for years. Her older broth...