The Violets of March

From the New York Times bestselling author of Always and Blackberry Winter,a heartbroken woman stumbles upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author. In her twentiesEmily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novela husband plucked from the pages of GQand a one-way ticket to happily ever after. Ten years laterthe tide has turned on Emily’s good fortune. So when her great-aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March on Bainbridge Island in Washington StateEmily acceptslonging to be healed by the sea. Researching her next bookEmily discovers a red velvet diarydated 1943whose contents reveal startling connections to her own life. A mesmerizing debut with an idyllic setting and intriguing dual story lineThe Violets of March announces Sarah Jio as a writer to watch.