Chapters: Sometimes You Have to Go Back Before You Can Move Forward by Rebecca Russell - Paperback

Chapters is a 308-page women’s fiction novel about London barrister Eve Davies, whose life changes course after a personal and professional crisis sends her back to her seaside hometown. For readers who enjoy stories of starting over, family, grief and found family, it follows Eve as she takes on a year running her family’s bookshop.

Key Features

• Career Upheaval: Eve loses the biggest case of her career and discovers her boyfriend’s betrayal.
• Return Home: She goes back to the seaside town she left behind after learning her father is missing, presumed dead at sea.
• Bookshop Inheritance: To receive her mother’s precious things, Eve must run the family bookshop for a year.
• Small-Town Cast: Eve encounters eccentric locals, meddling matriarchs and a patient German lodger.
• Starting Over: The novel explores grief, second chances and found family.

Specifications

• Author: Rebecca Russell
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 308
• Publisher: Kiftsgate Press
• Publication Date: 16 July 2026
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.9 x 22.9 cm (6 x 0.7 x 9 in)
• Release Date: 2026-07-16
• EAN: 9781919064840