Hannah has it all, or so it seems, until one hot June day the carefully constructed pieces of her life break apart. So Hannah does just that - becoming a successful lawyer in New York City, and dating a handsome musician. But Gray is determined that her daughter resist the siren song of the trust fund set, and make her own way in the world.
The closest thing Hannah's got to a traditional matriarch is her grandmother - a glamorous widow six times over with a sprawling Hampton's estate. Her mother, Gray, is an award-winning photojournalist with little time for the banalities of child-rearing, and when she's not jetting off to follow the latest scoop, she's camped out at the Hotel Chelsea. Hannah Goodman doesn't grow up like most kids on the Upper East Side. And when the house reveals a shattering secret about her own family, she’ll have to decide what kind of life she really wants for herself now and who she wants to be in it.There's more than one recipe for a happy life. Emma never felt fully accepted, except by the family's grandson, Henry-a former love-and by the driver’s son, Leo-her best friend.Īs plans for the property are put into motion and the three are together for the first time in over a decade, Emma finds herself caught between two worlds and two loves.
Her mother and father worked for the family that owned the estate, and they lived over the garage like Audrey Hepburn's character in the film Sabrina. Because that's not exactly where Emma grew up.
After all, it was a place filled with firsts: learning to ride a bike, sneaking a glass of champagne, falling in love.īut once Emma arrives at the storied mansion, she can't ignore the more complicated memories. When Emma Jansen discovers that the grand Long Island estate where she grew up is set to be demolished, she can't help but return for one last visit. The Audrey Hepburn Estate Out now from Harper Collins / Graydon House One woman.
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