The Essential Elizabeth Stone

From the author of The Rise and Fall of Ava Arcana comes an emotional and empowering multigenerational family saga about a mother and daughter, and the secrets they keep from each otherand from themselves. For more than thirty years, Elizabeth Stone has been an irreplaceable fixture in homes around the world, a food and lifestyle icon with a brand as warm and inviting as New England brown bread. Until, after her sudden passing, she leaves her legacy and her multimillion-dollar empire to her daughter, Juliet, who is expected to step seamlessly into her shoes. Juliet finds herself at both a personal and professional crossroads in her life, fearing she wont be good enough to maintain the image and brand of a woman she adored. With the company in financial trouble, Juliet is urged to write the definitive biography of her motherself-made entrepreneur, perfect mom, and homespun everywoman whose own childhood in Maine was filled with comfort food and simple elegance. But other than what little Juliet has been told, she doesnt know much about her mothers past. The truth is, no one does. As she digs through her mothers possessions, tracking down those who knew her, Juliet is stunned to uncover a lifetime of secrets and lies. As she uncovers the truth, she is forced to reckon with her grief over missing someone she isnt sure she ever really knew. Faced with decisions about the fate of her mothers empire, as well as Juliets own marriage and future, she will first have to answer the question on everyones mindwho was Elizabeth Stone?