The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone

The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone

by Randy Susan Meyers

Released October 29, 2024

Annabel Cooper wants to save the world. Her story begins in 1964 with her journey to Freedom Summer in Mississippi, where the disappearance of her first love ignites a lifelong fight for justice. Years later, she, her husband, and four other couples form a Boston political collective where they live together with their children in a rambling Boston house. As the era's social upheaval intensifies, they move their children to a Vermont Eden, where they can remain safe from the world's threats; their parents continue their political work, taking turns traveling to Vermont to care for the children.

But not all danger comes from the outside.

Annabel's daughter, Ivy, yearns for normalcy, not the patchouli-soaked, natural-food-laden confines of Vermont. But mostly, she longs for Annabel's attention-until a cataclysmic event alters the course of all their lives and she learns the limits of her many mothers and fathers.

Randy Susan Meyers is the internationally bestselling author of five novels. Though her books explore domestic drama, societal issues, and cultural nuances-informed by her years working with community and governmental agencies-she gained the most insight into family and other politics during four years bartending in a small Boston neighborhood pub.