The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (and Their Muses)

Established for elderly writers to live out their golden years surrounded by congenial literary company, the residents of Bar Harbor are waited on by a faithful staff of nurses and orderlies. Among them is Cecibel Bringer. A terrible accident destroyed her face and her sister in a split-second decision. Refusing to risk again the cost of love, Cecibel never anticipated the impact of meeting her favorite writer, Alfonse Carducci. In Cecibel, Alfonse finds a muse who returns him to the passion he thought he lost. As the words flow from him, weaving a tale taken up by the other residents, Cecibel is reawakened to the idea of love and forgiveness.As the edges between story and reality blur, a world within a world is created. It’s a place where the old are made young, the damaged are made whole, and anything is possible . . .