Writers & Lovers (Book)

Writers and Lovers by Lily King is a sweeping, deeply emotional masterpiece that captures the enduring power of love, art, and creative ambition. Following the breakout success of Euphoria, King delivers an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman, exploring how a resilient heart heals, creates, and begins anew. Blindsided by her mother's sudden death and wrecked by a recent love affair, thirty-one-year-old Casey Peabody arrives in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Casey waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny garage room, clutching onto the determination to live a creative life while working on her novel. Her world fractures even more when she unexpectedly falls for two very different men at the same time, pulling her heart in contrasting directions. As every element of her life comes to a crisis, Casey fights to fulfill her creative ambitions and balance the conflicting demands of art and romance. Against the backdrop of a long youth ending, she takes a terrifying and exhilarating leap, proving that personal foundations can support a beautiful new future.