Life flows smoothly for Paige Pfeiffer, a thirty-nine-year-old pediatrician living in the idyllic small town of Tucker, Vermont. But when her best friend and medical partner, Mara O’Neill, inexplicably commits suicide, Paige’s comfortable world is shattered. Struggling to come to grips with her grief as she temporarily cares for Mara’s newly adopted baby daughter, Paige hopes that in time she will understand the reasons for Mara’s desperate act and life will go on as before. Suddenly fate steps in at Paige’s darkest moment. Noah Perrine, the acting head of the private school where Paige coaches girls’ athletics, is filling her days with unexpected hope. But before Paige can allow herself to trust in her newfound happiness and embrace the future, she must first let go of the past. Suddenly is a deeply moving, emotionally charged classic novel that explores the consequences of choice, from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky.