BECCA MEISTER FITZPATRICK–WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, and pillar of the community–is the dutiful steward of her family’s iconic summer tradition . . . until she discovers her recently deceased husband squandered their nest egg. As she struggles to accept that this is likely her last season in Long Harbor, Becca is inspired by her granddaughter’s boldness in the face of impending single-motherhood, and summons the courage to reveal a secret she was forced to bury long ago: the existence of a daughter she gave up fifty years ago.

Eden is the heartrending account of the days leading up to the Fourth of July weekend, as Becca prepares to uncover her secret and her son and brothers conspire to put the estate on the market, interwoven with century-old history of Becca’s family–her parent’s beginnings and ascent into affluence, and her mother’s own secret struggles in the grand home her father named “Eden.”

Amazon review:

“This is a FABULOUS read! Blasberg takes us behind a rosy curtain of wealth and social prominence to a driving, twisting, compelling family story of four generations filled with secrets, jealousies, heartache, desire, and a tendency to repeat the mistakes of those relatives who came before. It’s a story of keeping up appearances, of elegant clubs, glorious homes, and flawed, eminently human people. My wife recommended the book to me after I’d just finished reading, and then listening to, Amor Towles’ “Rules of Civility”…so I was coming off an extremely high level of writing and story-telling. From page one of EDEN I didn’t have to step down an inch. Blasberg paints pictures with her descriptions and with her dialogue that transport me to a hidden world she knows and feels like the back of her hand. Apparently, I’ve found a new author to add to my top tier of must-reads.”

Porter Square Books,  Brookline Books, Newtonville Books, Harvard Bookstore