SOLVED. American novel about a woman recently bereaved (husband or fiance died) who works through her grief by restoring an old Corvette, which is in terrible shape. [s]

[Timothy]

I flipped through this in a bookstore sometime in the 1990s, I think. It was a new release then. I think it was by a female author, and was set in a rural location (maybe upstate NY or New England). There were a lot of detailed passages about restoring the car.

[Zenta]

Could it be Alison's Automotive Repair Manual: A Novel by Brad Barkley

[Timothy]

That's it! Thank you.