Cece Downing Starts Over: A warm, witty novel about starting over, finding love, and discovering where you truly belong
Jun 2026 · Simon and Schuster
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A witty, heartfelt novel about a young woman who leaves everything behind to work on an oyster farm in a small New England town.
‘Fun, thoughtful, romantic!’Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful and Dear Edward
A new town, a new life, a new man – get ready for the reinvention of Cece Downing . . .
Sacked from her city job and following a messy break up with her fiancé, Cece decides it’s time for a new start, which is how she ends up in a New England coastal town working as a deckhand on an oyster boat and falling for her neighbour, Morgan, a handsome shipyard worker.
But when plans for an oyster farm divide the community, and a family crisis forces her to reevaluate her choices, Cece must decide what she’s prepared to risk for the life she wants . . .
‘This novel has everything I love about a New England summer: it’s warm, fun, the people are witty, and there’s a hot guy who works in the boatyard’ Annie Hartnett, Rabbit Cake and The Road to Tender Hearts
‘An intimate coastal portrait of reinvention, tracing a woman who trades certainty for saltwater’ Weike Wang, Rental House
‘Fun, thoughtful, romantic!’Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful and Dear Edward
A new town, a new life, a new man – get ready for the reinvention of Cece Downing . . .
Sacked from her city job and following a messy break up with her fiancé, Cece decides it’s time for a new start, which is how she ends up in a New England coastal town working as a deckhand on an oyster boat and falling for her neighbour, Morgan, a handsome shipyard worker.
But when plans for an oyster farm divide the community, and a family crisis forces her to reevaluate her choices, Cece must decide what she’s prepared to risk for the life she wants . . .
‘This novel has everything I love about a New England summer: it’s warm, fun, the people are witty, and there’s a hot guy who works in the boatyard’ Annie Hartnett, Rabbit Cake and The Road to Tender Hearts
‘An intimate coastal portrait of reinvention, tracing a woman who trades certainty for saltwater’ Weike Wang, Rental House
A witty, heartfelt novel about a young woman who leaves everything behind to work on an oyster farm in a small New England town.
‘Fun, thoughtful, romantic!’Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful and Dear Edward
A new town, a new life, a new man – get ready for the reinvention of Cece Downing . . .
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About the author
A native of Nyack, New York, Soon Wiley is the author of the novel When We Fell Apart. He currently teaches English in the Upper School at Greenwich Country Day School, where he also serves as chair of the English department. He resides with his family in Connecticut.
A native of Nyack, New York, Soon Wiley is the author of the novel When We Fell Apart. He currently teaches English in the Upper School at Greenwich Country Day School, where he also serves as chair of the English department. He resides with his family in Connecticut.
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