When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.
Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.
Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.
The story follows Grace Winters, a seventy-two-year-old retired teacher who is struggling with grief and regret after the losses in her life. When she unexpectedly inherits a house in Ibiza, from a former colleague she barely knew, she travels to the island hoping to uncover the mystery surrounding the woman’s death and why the house was left to her.
The novel actually started out quite strong for me. I enjoyed the reflective tone and the look into Grace’s past along with the mystery surrounding the inheritance kept me interested early on. However, as the story progressed it took a turn into much more fantastical territory than I expected. What began as an intriguing and emotional journey gradually became increasingly strange and hard for me to connect with.
Thankfully, I did switch over to the audiobook, because I’m not sure I would have finished it in print. While I appreciated Haig’s themes of healing, second chances and learning to live again after grief, this one ultimately just wasn’t the right fit for me.
This book was part of my 2026 Reading Off My Shelf Challenge.
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