The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth: A Novel

Two women dealing with past trauma embark on a healing journey across continents in this novel about friendship, family, and rediscovery. Veronica Barrington, recently divorced, answers a listing for a travel companion from Mariah Ellsworth, a young woman adjusting to an injury that ended her Olympic career. Mariah is also grieving her mother, Rachel, a food writer, and seeks to trace the steps of Rachel's final, unfinished project as a way to heal and honor her memory. Veronica and Mariah travel together through Parsi cafés in London, Paris, Morocco, and India, accompanied by a former war photographer with his own difficult past. Guided only by Rachel's letters, they follow clues that lead to an illuminating mystery. As they work through each letter, Veronica and Mariah confront the painful and beautiful challenges of freeing themselves from their pasts and beginning new chapters in their lives.