The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.

A debut novel about the the truths that we share and the ones that we hide, even from those we love the most, and the difficult choices that we must make in order to become who we want to be. Summer vacation on Great Rock Island was supposed to be a time for Kate to recharge. A year earlier, she lost her best friend, Elizabeth, in a sudden accident, and Kate has inherited Elizabeth's lifelong diaries with only one simple direction: start at the beginning.

To her great surprise, the diaries reveal an Elizabeth that Kate never knew existed. The ever-cheerful perfect wife and mother was also a frustrated artist with a troubled childhood, and seemed to have come to marriage and children by default rather than by design. The more Kate reads, the more she learns the complicated truth of who Elizabeth really was, and the more she questions not just their friendship, but her own choices as a wife, mother, and professional. When a mysterious man's name shows up in the diaries, Kate finds her most fundamental beliefs about fidelity and loyalty challenged.