Reeling with shock, Diana quits her job and holes up in her apartment, trying to deal with her grief. When close friends try to intervene she flees, jumping into her car and driving blindly out of the city.

After an unexpected encounter on the road with a 70-year-old motorcyclist called Grace and her glamorous daughter Louisa, Diana discovers that she has landed in the pine barrens, a rural corner of New Jersey, an oasis of simple living and cranberries, where preparations are under way for the harvest and the night of the cranberry festival.

Cranberry Queen is a bittersweet, moving, and witty novel about healing, the danger of secrets, and the perils and wonders of friendship. Sure to draw favorable comparisons to Melissa Bank, Laura Zigman, and Shannon Olsen, Kathleen DeMarco's wonderful novel launches a promising career.