The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.

How well do we really know people, even people who we consider our friends?

That's the question this book explores. When Kate's good friend, Elizabeth, dies unexpectedly in a plane crash, Kate is surprised to find that Elizabeth has left a trunk of old journals to Kate in her will.

Charged by Elizabeth to read the journals, Kate begins the task during an extended beach vacation with her family. The Elizabeth Kate reads about in the journals is a very different person than the strong, loving wife and mother that Kate thought she knew, and Kate begins to wonder how well she really knew Elizabeth at all.

A perfect summer read, a book that somehow satisfies the dual summer desires to both escape and reflect.