Before they go, with her children grown, Joanna gets in her car and leaves their upscale Jersey digs. A neglected corporate wife for 25 years, Joanna Harrison rebels when husband Paul receives yet another move-necessitating promotion.
From Publishers WeeklyĪ quirky charm takes the place of easy answers in this midlife tear-up, originally self-published by debut author McFadden. It will resonate with any woman who’s ever fantasized about leaving home to find herself. The Richest Season is a stunning debut about three very different people, each changing their lives when such transformations are usually long over. Joanna, however, is moving farther away from her old life as she joins a group dedicated to rescuing endangered loggerhead turtles, led by a charismatic fisherman unlike anyone she’s ever met. One thing remains constant: He wants his wife back. He takes off on his own journey out west, searching for the answers to all that has gone wrong in his life. Together the two women embark on the most difficult journey of their lives: Joanna struggling for independence, roots, and a future of her own, as her family tugs at her from afar and Grace, choosing to live the remainder of her life for herself alone, knowing she may never see her children again.Įntwined is Paul Harrison’s story as he loses his wife, his job, and everything that defines him as a man. She finds a job as a live-in companion to Grace Finelli, a widow who has come to the island to fulfill a girlhood dream. She runs away to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, a place she’s been to just once. Panicked at the thought of having to start all over again, Joanna commits the first irresponsible act of her life. Her children are grown and gone, her husband is more married to his job than to her, and now they’re about to pack up once more.
After more than a dozen moves in twenty-five years of marriage, Joanna Harrison is lonely and tired of being a corporate wife. S ometimes you have to leave your life to find yourself again.
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