The Waiting Room

A heartwarming novel that explores and celebrates the complexities of mother/daughter relationships.


When Charlotte returns to the rural community of Marion, Missouri, to bury her mother, she doesn't plan to stay long. She wants to settle her mother's estate fast and put as many miles between her childhood home and her unrelenting grief as possible.

But leaving her hometown and its painful memories behind proves harder than she realizes.

After her mother's funeral, Charlotte receives a disturbing postmortem letter from her mother. It's this letter that sends Charlotte on a journey through her mother's life and reveals decades of family secrets, lies, and shocking betrayals.

The Waiting Room is a captivating storyline about small-town life, forgiveness, and second chances.

Fans of Kate Hewitt, Rachel Hanna, Ali Mercer, and Diane Chamberlain will devour this unputdownable small-town fiction debut novel from author Piper Punches.