Go Gentle

In Go Gentle, bestselling author Maria Semple introduces us to Adora Hazzard, a divorced Stoic philosopher living a peaceful, controlled life on New York’s Upper West Side. Adora believes she has found the secret to happiness: wanting only what she already has. She spends her days tutoring, raising her daughter, and enjoying her "coven" of close female friends at the famous Ansonia building.

However, her carefully constructed world is turned upside down when she meets a handsome stranger. This chance encounter pulls Adora into a whirlwind of international intrigue, secret meetings, and black-market art deals. Suddenly, the past she tried so hard to hide resurfaces, forcing her to confront long-buried secrets.

Driven by a new, intense desire, Adora realizes that a "life of the mind" isn't enough. She decides to risk her stable existence to pursue more, leading to a hilarious and heartfelt mid-life transformation. It is a story about what happens when the heart finally overrules the head.