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Carol Davis

Biography

Carol Davis

Carol Davis is a writer, researcher and archivist whose work explores history, memory, place and the stories embedded in the built environment. She serves on the boards of McSweeney's Literary Arts Foundation and Synergos Global Philanthropy Network, is a co-founder and former board member of The Brigid Alliance, and is involved in the global movement Mother’s Call.

She holds a BA in Art and Architectural History and an MFA in Writing and Literature. Her work has brought her in close collaboration with architects and art conservators in New York, Los Angeles and London. She and her husband divide their time between New York and The Berkshires. RESTORATION is her first novel.

Carol Davis

Books by Carol Davis

Restoration
by Carol Davis - Fiction, Historical Fiction

It is 1984, and Risa Meier has built a successful life in San Francisco. But when her estranged mother unexpectedly reenters her life after nearly a decade of silence, old wounds resurface. As a series of personal tragedies force Risa to confront the past, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family, herself and the future she carefully planned. Seeking distance and a fresh start, Risa accepts an opportunity in rural England, where she is tasked with restoring a centuries-old barn. As hidden histories emerge through letters, memories and the landscape itself, the restoration becomes more than a professional challenge. The deeper she digs into the building's past, the more she is forced to confront her own inheritance of grief, loss and longing.