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A Map to Paradise

By: Susan Meissner
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
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1956, Malibu, California: Something is not right on Paradise Circle.

With her name on the Hollywood blacklist and her life on hold, starlet Melanie Cole has little choice in company. There is her next-door neighbor, Elwood, but the screenwriter’s agoraphobia allows for just short chats through open windows. He’s her sole confidante, though, as she and her housekeeper, Eva, an immigrant from war-torn Europe, rarely make conversation.

Then one early morning Melanie and Eva spot Elwood’s sister-in-law and caretaker, June, digging in his beloved rose garden. After that they don’t see Elwood at all anymore. Where could a man who never leaves the house possibly have gone?

As they try to find out if something has happened to him, unexpected secrets are revealed among all three women, leading to an alliance that seems the only way for any of them to hold on to what they can still call their own. But it’s a fragile pact and one little spark could send it all up in smoke…

©2025 Susan Meissner (P)2025 Penguin Audio
Friendship Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Fiction

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“A beautiful journey that explores the price of choices made in the heat of the moment, the importance of second chances, and the power of finding a place to belong.”–Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends

"A tale both tender and touching, about three complex and damaged women who despite their outward differences are all searching for that elusive thing called a home."–Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Briar Club

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