I'll be your blue sky
(Book)

Clare Hobbes walks away from a dream marriage after a brief but profound conversation with an elderly woman named Edith Herron. 3 weeks later, Clare hears that Edith has died, and has given her a home on the Delaware shore called Blue Sky House. Though the rambling house has been empty for years, Clare feel a deep connection to its former owners. While exploring the home, Clare discovers ledgers that indicate that Edith was a passionate woman with dark secrets and incredible courage. Following the threads of Edith's life causes Clare to make discoveries about herself and the life she wants. Shifting between the 1950s and the present, told in the alternating voices of Clare and Edith, this is an evocative novel about the deepest recesses of the human heart, and the people who are the brightest illumination in our lives. [From publisher's description]