Writers and Lovers

by Lily King · 2025

When Casey Peabody returns to Massachusetts in the summer of 1997, she is reeling from a shattered love affair and the sudden death of her mother. At thirty‑one, she lives in a cramped shed, wait‑tables for the Harvard elite, and clings to a novel she’s been laboring over for six years. Debt, grief, and a lingering sense that her youthful ambitions are slipping away haunt her daily routine. Then two very different men enter her life: Silas, a kind, handsome stranger who offers fresh hope, and Oscar, an older widower with his own creative passions and two boys in tow. Caught in a love triangle, Casey must decide which future—if any—will honor her yearning to live a creative life. Lily King’s *Writers & Lovers* is a witty, emotionally resonant portrait of a woman on the brink of adulthood, exploring the painful yet exhilarating transition from a long‑standing youth to an uncertain, but hopeful, new chapter.