What We Found Instead
A moving and compulsively readable novel about two very different women and the unlikely bond they forge in the wreckage of one man's betrayal.
“I was captivated by Maggie and Eve, their vulnerable strength, their fierce fragility, all their missteps on their way to wholeness.” —Marisa de los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of Love Walked In and I’ll Be Your Blue Sky
The Mother Act
Set against the sparkling backdrop of the theater world, this propulsive debut follows the complicated relationship between an actress who refuses to abandon her career and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead.
“The Mother Act offers an ultimately hopeful vision of what it means to be connected in this world.” —Molly Jong-Fast, The New York Times Book Review
I’m Heidi Reimer. I’m a novelist, essayist & creative writing coach.
I love smart, propulsive stories with complicated characters and deep exploration of the female experience.
My debut novel, The Mother Act, came out in 2024, praised in the New York Times Book Review as “an ultimately hopeful vision of what it means to be connected in this world.” My second novel, What We Found Instead, comes into the world July 28, 2026.
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