When the Carlyle sisters are called back to their childhood home outside of Magnolia, North Carolina, to care for their free-spirited and eccentric mother after a stroke, they re forced back into each other s lives for the first time in years.  The reunion will test their strength and hearts as they support each other and their mom through individual journeys toward healing and love. Beth is near the end of her rope--as a nurse, an ex-wife, an oldest sister, and a daughter, she is expected to care for everyone.  But when a patient s friend asks her for help, she can t help but give in to their amazing chemistry.  Freya has always made sure to live her life in defiance of her of her mother s expectations, but returning to Magnolia isn t as bad as she expected.  WIll her mother s literary agent be a factor in figuring out the kind of life she wants?  And Trinity--the baby of the family--has secrets, even beyond just the pregnancy she didn t share with anyone