The Summer We Stopped Running

Rachel Wiener has spent years putting everyone else first. A devoted therapist, wife, and mother, she has learned to keep the peace at home at any cost, even as her husband’s controlling behavior leaves her questioning her own judgment. Traveling to Portugal for the first time, she hopes a week away at an international conference will give her room to breathe. Instead, an unexpected conversation on the flight with Emma, a stranger traveling with her running group for the Lisbon Half Marathon, sets both women on a path neither of them could have imagined.

Emma Cohen always seems to have everything under control. A respected divorce attorney with a thriving practice, she is the person clients call at every hour of the day, and the last person who knows how to switch off. Driven by perfectionism and consumed by the demands of her career, she has built a successful life that leaves little room for herself. But meeting Rachel forces Emma to look beyond the constant pressure of work and confront questions she has spent years avoiding.

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