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A burned batch of sourdough brings the strain of keeping Marigold's bakery afloat into sharp focus. Between mounting costs, personal obligations, and Iris's invitation to imagine something different, the narrator must reconsider what continuing the business means.

Librarian Elara travels to Vermont to clear her late Aunt Mae’s decaying farmhouse for sale. Sorting accumulated possessions, cryptic postcards, and family judgments brings her into contact with Silas and a life more complicated than neglect suggests.