A simple phone call disrupts Nell Williams’s well-ordered life. Her mother, Mary, is in a hospital in Vermont. But her mother is supposed to be safely tucked away in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, so Nell can’t fathom why she would be so far from home. After notifying her sister, Bridget, Nell hops on a plane and rushes to her mother’s side. There, she discovers that her mother has been living a second life. Mary has another home and a set of complex relationships with people her daughters have never met. When Nell and Bridget delve deeper into their mother’s lakeside hideaway, they uncover a vault of family secrets and the gateway to change for all three women. " A captivating story filled with mystery, suspense, love, longing and family." ~ Readers' Favorite (5 STARS - Silver Medal / 2017 Book Awards) "A compelling portrait of three memorable women and the unique bond that exists between mothers and daughters." ~Booked Solid (5 STARS) "One of the greatest riddles, it turns out, is aparent's real life, the one not shown to children. ...Skillfuldialogueas well as brisk pacing and an effective resolution." ~Kirkus Reviews "This is that kind of book, one so real and important that it bears at least a second reading - after the first sinks in ." ~Grady Harp, San Francisco Review of Books (Amazon Top 100 Reviewer - 5 STARS) "While I enjoyed The Taste of Air for the story, full of suspense, mystery, and drama, which kept me entertained, it also got me thinking." ~Big Al's Books and Pals (5 STARS) "A family saga bridging decades and filled with shocking revelations, hope and love, you won't be able put this book down." ~Kate Moretti, New York Times bestselling author "The Taste of Air is an engaging story about what our mothers teach us. When Nell and Bridget start pulling at the thread of their mother'sdeceptions, their own worlds unravel." ~Katie O'Rourke, Amazon bestselling author "This is a book to choose as a companion for curling up on a sofa on a darkwinter day or for laying on the beach in the summer...character-drivenfiction at its best." ~Ann Warner, author of The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club series "Gail Cleare's mesmerizing new novel...will make you see your own life with new eyes and leave you transformed." ~ Jamie Cat Callan, author of Bonjour, Happiness! "My first thought after finishing The Taste of Air was that this was an incredibly satisfying novel. " ~Bibliotica (5 STARS) Gail Cleare used to write for newspapers, magazines, ad agencies, Fortune 50 companies and AOL. Now she writes fiction, and lives in Vermont with her family and dogs, cats, foxes, bears, ravens, rushing streams and wide, windy skies. When she's not writing, Gail is usually working in her organic garden or stalking wild creatures with a 300mm lens.   Cleare's debut novel is "Destined, a Novel of the Tarot"(2010), a magic realism romance. The audiobook, featuring narrator Marnye Young, was released in early 2019. Gail's second novel, three-times USA Today Bestseller "TheTaste of Air" (2016), is a women's fiction family drama, and in 2017 it won Readers' Favorite awards for the book, and the audiobook. "Love & Chocolate" is a small-town culinary romance, released in 2018. It features the Dumas family and their restaurant, The Three Chocolatiers.