Lainie Smith Morris is perfectly content with her life in New York City: she has four children a handsome surgeon husband and good friends. This life she has built is shattered however when her husband Charles announces he has accepted a job in Elliot New Jersey and that the family must relocate. Lainie is forced to give up the things she knows and loves. Though Charles easily adapts to the intricacies of suburban life even thriving in it Lainie finds herself increasingly troubled and bored by her new limited responsibilities and she remains desperate for the inspiration comfort and safety of the city she called home. She is hopelessly lost—until serendipitously she reconnects with an old friend/rival turned current Elliot resident Jess. Pleased to demonstrate her social superiority to Lainie Jess helps her find a footing even encouraging Lainie to develop as an artist; but what looks like friendship is quickly supplanted by a betrayal with earth-shattering impact and a move to the suburbs becomes a metaphor for a woman who must search to find a new home ground in the shifting winds of marriage family career and friendship. Between the Tides is an engrossing commanding debut from tremendous new talent Susannah Marren.