The Restoration of Celia Fairchild: A Novel

“The
Restoration of Celia Fairchild is wise, witty, and utterly compelling.” —Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Friends We Keep

Evvie
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.

Celia
Fairchild, known as advice columnist ‘Dear Calpurnia’, has insight into
everybody’s problems – except her own. Still bruised by the end of a marriage
she thought was her last chance to create a family, Celia receives an
unexpected answer to a “Dear Birthmother” letter. Celia throws herself into
proving she’s a perfect adoptive mother material – with a stable home and
income – only to lose her job. Her one option: sell the Charleston house left
to her by her recently departed, estranged Aunt Calpurnia. 
Arriving
in Charleston, Celia learns that Calpurnia had become a hoarder, the house is a
wreck, and selling it will require a drastic, rapid makeover. The task of
renovation seems overwhelming and risky. But with the help of new neighbors,
old friends, and an unlikely sisterhood of strong, creative women who need her
as much as she needs them, Celia knits together the truth about her estranged
family — and about herself.


The
Restoration of Celia Fairchild is an unforgettable novel of
secrets revealed, laughter released, creativity rediscovered, and waves of
wisdom by a writer Robyn Carr calls "my go-to author for feel-good novels.”