The author of Loon Point returns with a heartwarming novel about three women in crisis finding friendship, family, and the ground beneath their feet—under one extraordinary roof.

For 150 years, the Turnip House has stood watch over the river in Felix Falls, Minnesota. As autumn turns to snowy winter, its turreted roof shelters three strangers seeking radical change.

After the collapse of her marriage, Max is channeling raw grief into provocative art. Alice, a young painter far from home, hopes the house’s light-filled studio will reveal the artist she wants to become. And Winnie, an eighty-six-year-old with OCD, has just lost the farmhouse she treasured—but an unexpected reconnection awaits her.

As each woman faces questions about where to go from here, their lives blend together in shared meals, deep talks, and the patient work of beginning again. The house has a way of offering what they need, even when it’s not what they thought they wanted.

Equal parts wise and whimsical, The Turnip House is a moving novel about creative catharsis, seasons of surprising sweetness, and the strong bonds forged at life’s crossroads.

© 2027 by Carrie Classon, all rights reserved.

Carrie Classon is the author of Loon Point and The Turnip House. Born in Minnesota, she grew up to enjoy a fourteen-year career in the theater, and become a nationally syndicated columnist with Andrews McMeel Universal.

After founding and running a professional Equity theater for seven years, she got her MBA and worked in international business. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of New Mexico and has written a memoir, several plays, and more than six hundred columns.

In her weekly column The Postscript, Carrie writes about the transformative power of optimism and how to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. She champions the idea that it is never too late to reinvent our lives in unexpected and fulfilling ways. She performs a live show featuring material from her writing—and lots of sequins.

Carrie and her husband, Peter, along with former street cat Felix, split their time between Saint Paul, Minnesota, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.