At age forty-five, dynamic speaker and bestselling self-help author Sarah Blount Morrison seems to have it all, until a debilitating panic attack shatters her sense of control. Retreating to her family's beach house to recover, Sarah discovers an old trunk filled with photographs, journals, and treasured memorabilia. As she begins to sift through its contents, she is transported back to her fourteen-year-old self and the turbulent aftermath of her parents' sudden death.
The journey back is anything but easy as the narrative shifts to young Sarah. With her beloved grandmother's unexpected passing, the cruelty of her aunt, and the alienation she faces in a new school, the teenage Sarah struggles to find her footing. Writing becomes her only refuge, a fragile lifeline that helps her make sense of overwhelming grief. Yet as family secrets rise to the surface and further losses unfold, she learns that survival requires more than resilience-it demands courage, self-understanding, and ultimately, forgiveness.
Set against the contrasting backdrops of sunlit Sausalito and the windswept California marshlands where Sarah discovers solace, Full Circle is both an intimate coming-of-age story and a meditation on the power of memory. Weaving together past and present, the novel reveals how grief can fracture but also heal, teaching that love endures in unexpected forms.
For readers drawn to emotionally rich fiction, such as Kristin Hannah's Winter Garden or Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, Full Circle offers a poignant exploration of loss, courage, and the restorative power of storytelling.
