Save Whats Left by Elizabeth Castellano

ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER • An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors.
“Irreverent & unexpectedly tender, this story takes neighborhood feuding to new heights & finds beauty & reinvention in unlikely places." — Oprah Daily

"Brings a tongue-in-cheek tone to the beach read genre."—TIME

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When Kathleen Deane’s husband, Tom, tells her he's no longer happy with his life & their marriage, Kathleen is confused. They live in Kansas. They’ve been married thirty years. Who said anything about being happy? But with Tom off finding himself, Kathleen starts to think about what she wants. And her thoughts lead her to a small beach community on the east coast, a town called Whitbey that has always looked lovely in the Christmas letters her childhood friend Josie sends every year.

It turns out, though, that life in Whitbey is nothing like Josie’s letters. Kathleen’s new neighbor, Rosemary, is cantankerous, & the town’s supervisor won't return Kathleen’s emails, but worst of all is the Sugar Cube, the monstrosity masquerading as a holiday home that Kathleen’s absentee neighbors are building next door to her quaint (read: tiny) cottage. As Kathleen gets more & more involved in the fight against the Sugar Cube & town politics overall, she realizes that Whitbey may not be a fairytale, but it just might be exactly what she needed.

Save What’s Left can best be described as the “un-beach read.” It pulls back the curtain on life in a beach town, revealing the true cost of a pretty view. Told from the candid & irreverent perspective of a newcomer turned local, this is a story of forgiveness, fortitude, & second chances.

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ELIZABETH CASTELLANO grew up in a beach town. She lives in New York. Save What’s Left is her debut novel.