Bestselling author Juliette Fay, a graduate of Boston College, has written a new novel about settling the past, rekindling lost friendships, and discovering love when it’s least expected. The Half of It (William Morrow Paperbacks, 2023) tells the story of 58-year-old Helen Spencer who has a chance to reconnect with Cal Crosby 40 years, one marriage, three children, and one grandchild after their romantic night together her senior year of high school. The Half of It is a novel filled with humor, heart, and grace. Fay is the author of several books, including Shelter Me, City of Flickering Light, and Catch Us When We Fall. In an essay for Lit Hub, she writes about focusing her novel on a protagonist who is not young, but not old.