The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

“TheRestoration of Celia Fairchild is wise, witty, and utterly compelling.” —Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Friends We KeepEvvie Drake Starts Over meets The Friday Night Knitting Club in this wise and witty novel about a fired advice columnist who discovers lost and found family members in Charleston, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Second Sister.CeliaFairchild, known as advice columnist ‘Dear Calpurnia’, has insight intoeverybody’s problems – except her own. Still bruised by the end of a marriageshe thought was her last chance to create a family, Celia receives anunexpected answer to a “Dear Birthmother” letter. Celia throws herself intoproving she’s a perfect adoptive mother material – with a stable home andincome – only to lose her job. Her one option: sell the Charleston house leftto her by her recently departed, estranged Aunt Calpurnia. Arrivingin Charleston, Celia learns that Calpurnia had become a hoarder, the house is awreck, and selling it will require a drastic, rapid makeover. The task ofrenovation seems overwhelming and risky. But with the help of new neighbors,old friends, and an unlikely sisterhood of strong, creative women who need heras much as she needs them, Celia knits together the truth about her estrangedfamily — and about herself.TheRestoration of Celia Fairchild is an unforgettable novel ofsecrets revealed, laughter released, creativity rediscovered, and waves ofwisdom by a writer Robyn Carr calls "my go-to author for feel-good novels.”