When her brother-in-law dies, Evey and her husband, Sebastian, must return to their hometown in Maine to attend the funeral. They end up at the Palais Royale-where Evey spent many drunken nights before leaving town, and an unstable first husband, five years ago-on the night before the bar closes its doors forever. Amid a vivid tapestry of memorable townspeople in this tightly-woven novel, Evey ventures through her troubled personal history and tries to navigate an uncertain future.