In some ways it’s hard to call up the emotions of that day. In other ways they are as alive as ever. I wrote this piece a week after the towers collapsed.
Read Morewhite roses
two cats sit inside the screen door, watching and vigilant as white roses rustle in the breeze, waiting for who-knows-what to happen. they live in a constant state of anticipation, except, of course, when it exhausts them and they are forced, as happens with cats, to nap.
summer lasts another week, but fall migration is underway. new warblers heading south, are posted to nyc e-birds every day, and there's much excitement about a lark sparrow in the north end. autumn is my favorite season.
i've been sad lately, and i thank you for your kindness and comments. the tendency is to say i'm fine now, all is well, i'm going to be happy from now on. i think many of us do that, try to hurry unwished-for emotions along, reassure everyone that things are fine fine fine. the truth is happiness and sadness ebb and flow, they're the tide of life.
grief echoes love in the deepest way. to be able to feel that kind of love makes me think of the velveteen rabbit, what it means to be real. what it means to be human. still, and all, there is beauty in everything, even grief. in the words of a very wise young woman: "when life hands you a lemon tree, make lemonade." 
Safe Harbor
Haunting and powerful, Safe Harbor is an unforgettable story of family bonds, love lost and found, and of a painter's unfolding vision of herself, as an artist -- and as a woman. Set on the timeless New England coastline that Luanne has made her own.
Read MoreCloud Nine
What would you do with a second chance at life? Sarah Talbot thought she’d never see another birthday. But against all odds, she beat the illness that could have killed her, reopened her bedding shop, Cloud Nine, and vowed to make the most of a fresh start that few are given. Luanne tells a story you will cherish, peopled with indelible characters whose challenges are your own.
Read MoreThe Letters
Is there any mystery greater than those we love the most? In this remarkable collaboration, Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger combine their unique talents to create a powerfully moving novel of an estranged husband and wife through a series of searching, intimate letters.
Read MoreThe Geometry of Sisters
New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice explores the complex emotional equations of love and loyalty that hold together three pairs of remarkable sisters, in an unforgettable story of loss, redemption, and forgiveness.
The storm off Mackinac Island that engulfed Maura Shaw’s husband and elder daughter, Carrie, also swept away the illusion of her life as the perfect midwestern wife and mother. Now, after years away, Maura has returned to Rhode Island to teach English at the fabled Newport Academy and to seek a new beginning. Newport has never failed to infuse Maura with a sense of mystery and hope, but ever since the accident, her younger daughter, fourteen-year-old Beck, has retreated into the safe, predictable world of mathematics. Without Carrie, Beck has lost half of herself—the half that would have fit into the elite private school she and her brother, Travis, will attend. The half that made things right. Sixteen-year-old Travis is also struggling to adjust—juggling a long-distance first love and an attraction to a girl with a wicked sparkle in her eye. And for Maura, ghosts linger here—an unresolved breach with her own beloved sister and a long-ago secret that may now have the power to set her free. . . .
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