About THE AUDREY HEPBURN ESTATE by Brenda Janowitz:

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-audrey-hepburn-estate-brenda-janowitz?variant=40643760488482

One woman. Two childhood loves. The dazzling place where it all began. 

“A complex family tale of love and deception. Brenda Janowitz is at her finest.” 

—KRISTIN HARMEL, New York Times bestselling author

When Emma Jansen discovers that the grand Long Island estate where she grew up is set to be demolished, she can’t help but return for one last visit. After all, it was a place filled with firsts: learning to ride a bike, sneaking a glass of champagne, falling in love.

But once Emma arrives at the storied mansion, she can’t ignore the more complicated memories. Because that’s not exactly where Emma grew up. Her mother and father worked for the family that owned the estate, and they lived over the garage like Audrey Hepburn’s character in the film Sabrina. Emma never felt fully accepted, except by the family’s grandson, Henry—a former love—and by the driver’s son, Leo—her best friend.

As plans for the property are put into motion and the three are together for the first time in over a decade, Emma finds herself caught between two worlds and two loves. And when the house reveals a shattering secret about her own family, she’ll have to decide what kind of life she really wants for herself now and who she wants to be in it.

“Readers will find themselves engrossed by this absolute treat of a book.” 

—PAM JENOFF, New York Times bestselling author

“Fast-paced, emotional, and unputdownable.” 

—LISA BARR, New York Times bestselling author

“THE AUDREY HEPBURN ESTATE is as charming, and elegant as Miss Hepburn herself…

—JENNA BLUM, New York Times bestselling author

The book is called THE AUDREY HEPBURN ESTATE, and it will be out April 18, just before Audrey Hepburn’s birthday on May 4th (she would have been 94 this year).  

With antisemitism on the rise, that part of the book is inspired by Audrey Hepburn’s time living under Nazi occupation in Holland during WW2. 

Brenda Janowitz
Author, The Liz Taylor Ring (Harper Collins/ Graydon House February 1, 2022)
http://www.brendajanowitz.com

Read my essay in the New York Times Modern Love: https://nyti.ms/2NQxDEO

Read my essay in the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/04/09/pandemic-baking-son-love/

Coming April 18, 2023 from Harper Collins/ Graydon House

One woman. Two childhood loves. The dazzling place where it all began.

When Emma Jansen discovers that the grand Long Island estate where she grew up is set to be demolished, she can’t help but return for one last visit. After all, it was a place filled with firsts: learning to ride a bike, sneaking a glass of champagne, falling in love.

But once Emma arrives at the storied mansion, she can’t ignore the more complicated memories. Because that’s not exactly where Emma grew up. Her mother and father worked for the family that owned the estate, and they lived over the garage like Audrey Hepburn’s character in the film Sabrina. Emma never felt fully accepted, except by the family’s grandson, Henry—a former love—and by the driver’s son, Leo—her best friend.

As plans for the property are put into motion and the three are together for the first time in over a decade, Emma finds herself caught between two worlds and two loves. And when the house reveals a shattering secret about her own family, she’ll have to decide what kind of life she really wants for herself now and who she wants to be in it.

About Brenda

Brenda is the author of seven novels, including THE GRACE KELLY DRESS. Her eighth novel, THE AUDREY HEPBURN ESTATE, will be published by Harper Collins/ Graydon House on April 18, 2023. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Real Simple, The Sunday Times (UK), Salon, Redbook, USA Today, Bustle, The Forward, the New York Post, Publisher’s Weekly, Hello Giggles, Writer’s Digest Magazine, WritersDigest.com, and xojane. She is the former Books Correspondent for PopSugar.

Brenda attended Cornell University and Hofstra Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review. Upon graduation from Hofstra, worked for the law firm Kaye Scholer, LLP, and did a federal clerkship with the Honorable Marilyn Dolan Go, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York.