My novel is an emotionally layered story about family, memory, and the invisible fractures that shape our lives. When a glittering seventieth-birthday celebration gathers Mark and Hannah's blended family under one roof, long-buried tensions begin to surface. As Hannah struggles with the quiet unraveling of Alzheimers, the people around her are forced to confront old divorces, step family woulds, addition, resentment and the aching need to belong. Told through multiple voices across generations, the story reveals how love can both break and bind a family. Mark, a therapist who spends his life helping others navigate pain, must face the fault lines running through his own heart. Around him, children and stepchildren carry their own histories of loss, loyalty, and longing. I think you'll find this an engaging portrait of marriage, motherhood, memory, and the complicated beauty of staying connected when life threatens to pull everything apart