To say that I love this book would be an understatement. It moved me to tears. - Reese Witherspoon

Just read it. Excellent. - Matt Haig

Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the youngest of the Richardson children, had finally snapped and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a quiet, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned—from the layout of the winding streets to the colors of the houses to the successful lives the residents are expected to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is to play by the rules.

Then Mia Warren arrives, a mysterious artist and single mother, who moves into a house rented from the Richardsons with her teenage daughter Pearl. Soon, Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants; all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother.