On Mystic Lake

An earlier Kristin Hannah novel about starting over after devastating loss. When her marriage collapses and her daughter leaves for college in the same week, Annie Colwater returns to her childhood home on Mystic Lake to rebuild her sense of self, and reconnects with Nick, her first love, now a widowed father raising a daughter of his own. A gentle, character-driven story of grief, healing, and second chances set against Hannah's signature Pacific Northwest backdrop, for readers who love her later bestsellers and want to explore her earlier, quieter family dramas.