Callie Perry is a successful photographer living in tony Bedford, New York. She adores her settled family life and is one of those people who lights up every room she enters. Steffi is Callie's free-spirited younger sister who, after years of city living, will discover another side of herself-one that finds a simpler life in the country surprisingly seductive. Callie's best friend, Lila, has finally met the man of her dreams, but there's a problem: a demanding harridan ex-wife. And then there are Callie and Steffi's divorced parents, Walter and Honor, who rarely speak to each other. But when Callie is diagnosed with a recurrence of the breast cancer she thought she had beaten, they will come together in the hardest of times for one unforgettable-and ultimately life-changing-year.
In her most personal novel yet, New York Times bestselling author Jane Green is at her heartwarming best as she creates a tale of exceptional circumstances and the ties that bind. Promises to Keep is a novel about the hard choices we have to face, about having to be your parents' child long after you've grown up, and finally, about the enduring nature of love.