Unexpected Company - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Marcy has made her Portsmouth boutique a reflection of herself—charming, curated, and perfectly composed. But behind the carefully arranged displays and the clink of the shop bell, she hides a quiet ache no seasonal sale can fix.
When a cracked window—both literal and figurative—draws in an odd group of strangers, Marcy’s solitude begins to splinter. There’s Noah, a teenage father trying to find his footing; Ruth, a sharp-tongued therapist who shows up uninvited and stays too long; and Liam, a flustered actor chasing relevance in community theatre.
Weekly visits turn into something deeper as secrets and confessions surface. Ruth hasn’t spoken to her daughter in over a year. Noah is raising his baby while barely out of university. Liam is trying to matter to someone, anyone. And Marcy—always the listener, the caretaker—finally breaks, revealing the loneliness of being everyone’s glue and no one’s anchor.
But when a city inspector threatens fines over the damaged window, the group rallies—putting on a modest play, forging unexpected bonds, and raising just enough to repair what’s broken.
Unexpected Company is a tender, quietly hopeful story about loneliness, the people who walk into our lives uninvited, and the healing power of shared coffee, cracked glass, and community that sneaks up on you.

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