Found Pieces
Book 2: Done With series
Sometimes you have to lose yourself completely to remember who you were meant to be.
When bad coffee and an abusive boss push Andie Arness to her breaking point, she walks away from the job that’s been draining her spirit and finds herself standing at the edge of something terrifying—freedom.
She’s spent years shrinking herself to fit a life that never quite belonged to her. Now, with nothing left but an old dream and a forgotten skill, Andie sets out to rebuild from what remains.
A stranger’s kindness and an unexpected opportunity lead her to the mountain town of Dunwith, where a circle of offbeat friends and a welcoming new community begin to mend what the years have taken. Amid the metallic scent of welding and strong coffee, Andie feels the stirrings of her lost ambition—and the first flickers of hope.
But to create something lasting, she must risk everything: her comfort, her fears, and the safety of invisibility. Only by gathering the scattered pieces of herself can Andie finally discover the life—and the self—she was always meant to claim.
Found Pieces is an uplifting, soul-deep story about rediscovery and the quiet courage it takes to rebuild a life from fragments. With her trademark emotional depth and empathy, New York Times bestselling author Wendy Lindstrom captures the raw beauty of second chances, the power of art to heal, and the hope that emerges when we dare to create something new from what’s been broken.
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What happens when the life you’ve carefully built leaves no room for the person you actually are?
For decades, Andrea “Andie” Arness was “erased”—first by an emotionally absent husband and then by a misogynistic boss. At forty-three, she reaches her breaking point at a Dunwith gas station. In a single “done with” moment, Andie quits her job, slams the door on her old life, and decides to “clear a path” toward a more fulfilling direction
Found Pieces explores the exhilarating aftermath of that explosion. As Andie returns to her roots as a trained welder and artist, buying a gritty fabrication shop and picking up a torch she hasn’t held in twenty years, she finds a new community of friends. The fierce, funny women of Dunwith show her that midlife isn’t an ending; it’s the moment women stop shrinking and start choosing themselves, and that following your passion isn’t selfish—it’s self-preservation.
But after twenty years of being ‘erased,’ can she find the skill and the internal grit to forge a life that finally lives up to her own expectations?
My new novel FOUND PIECES, book 2 in my Done With series is set in a beautiful Adirondack Mountain paradise where one fed up woman decides to reclaim her lost self and forge an unapologetically authentic life.
The characters in my DONE WITH series are passionate, fiercely independent, and wildly fun women. Book 1 and book 2 are available.
