01929cam a2200313 i 4500 818172266 TxGeo 20230605120000.0 220921s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063095601 hbk. 0063095602 hbk. (OCoLC)1345214894 TxGeo rda De los Santos, Marisa, 1966-, author. Watch us shine : a novel / Marisa de los Santos. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] 298 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Cornelia Brown is reeling from a terrifying act of violence when she gets word that her mother has been badly injured in an accident. Cornelia returns to Virginia, to the house she grew up in, and in the weeks that follow, she watches her mother, Ellie, struggle to recover, fluctuating between clarity and periods of delirium during which she seems haunted by a devastating loss from her past. With the help of her sister, Ollie, Cornelia embarks on a mission to piece together the lost years of their mother's life: people, places, and events spanning Ellie's late teens through her mid-twenties. Cornelia and Ollie's quest takes them to unexpected places and into the worlds of strangers whose lives Ellie touched and irrevocably changed. As the sisters uncover truths about their mother's life--some beautiful, some ugly, some tragic--Cornelia herself begins to heal, to forgive herself, and to find her way back home.--Adapted from book jacket. 20230605. Sisters Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Virginia Fiction. Domestic fiction. QS5