After six grueling years as an associate at a Florida law firm, Kira Danner is exhausted. When she gets passed over--again--for a promotion, her husband's brother and his wife call with a tempting but risky offer: the chance to co-own and run a Vermont bed-and-breakfast. Aching for a new start, Kira and her husband agree to try it for a year.
Kira's sister-in-law Alyssa has lived a semi-nomadic life, supporting herself through photography and other freelance gigs. But as she and her husband struggle with infertility, she yearns to settle down. The bed-and-breakfast experiment offers the perfect balance of adventure and safety. As the two couples adjust to their new living situation, they acquire an unexpected employee. Dawn Zukoski fled New York City after a workplace romance led to personal and financial disaster, but she knows she can't hide out in Vermont forever.
Pekkanen (These Girls; The Opposite of Me) delves deeply into the complex relationships of her four main characters, especially the women. Kira and Alyssa have contrasting personalities and family backgrounds, but both are grappling with substantial issues related to vocation, marriage and whether they should have children (if they can at all). Dawn's story intertwines with that of her new friends as she helps out at the B&B and considers how to rebuild her own life. Warm and compelling without being predictable, Catching Air provides an intimate portrait of three women facing the unknown and learning to rely on one another. --Katie Noah Gibson, blogger at Cakes, Tea and Dreams