Georgia Chambers has spent her life sifting through other people’s pasts while trying to forget her own. But then her work as an expert on fine china—especially Limoges—requires her to return to the one place she swore she’d never revisit.... It has been ten years since Georgia left her family home on the coast of Florida, and nothing much has changed except that there are fewer oysters and more tourists. She finds solace in seeing her grandfather still toiling away in the apiary where she spent much of her childhood, but encountering her estranged mother and sister leaves her rattled. Seeing them after all this time makes Georgia realize that something has been missing—and unless she finds a way to heal these rifts, she will forever be living vicariously through other people’s remnants. To embrace her own life—mistakes and all—she will have to find the courage to confront the ghosts of her past and the secrets she was forced to keep....


喬治亞‧查伯斯一生致力於探究他人的過去，卻同時也試圖遺忘自己的過去。之後她成為一名瓷器專家，專精於燒製利摩日圖樣。因工作需求，喬治亞必須回到她誓言不再造訪之地……喬治亞離開佛羅里達海岸的家鄉已有十年，那裡除了牡蠣減產和遊客增加外，並沒有太大的變化。她回到度過大半童年時光的養蜂場，看見祖父仍辛勤工作，對此她深感安慰，但遇見關係疏遠的親人時，卻又令她不知所措。看見此情此景，喬治亞意識到她似乎丟失了重要的東西，除非找出修補彼此裂痕的方法，否則她將永遠過著殘缺的生活。為了接受人生中的錯誤和其他事物，喬治亞必須鼓足勇氣面對她過去的心魔，以及她被迫保守的秘密……