Beautifully written and closely observed, The Summer Cottage captures the deep and complicated love of family. Reading this lovely novel, I felt the embrace of summer on the shoreline. Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling authorSpanning two summers decades apart, Susan Kietzmans poignant novel explores the complexities of the peopleand placesthat shape our livesHelen Street spent every summer of her childhood at her familys cedarshake cottage on Long Island Sound. The youngest of four, she shared her mother Claires athletic genes and relished the orchestrated games and competitions that filled those warm, endless days. Unlike her older siblingsfiery Charlotte, ambitious Thomas, middlechild PammyHelen rarely felt the pressure of her mothers high expectations.Thirty years later, with her brother and sisters scattered, Helen is the sole caregiver for Claire, now terminally ill. Knowing her death is imminent, Claire has put Helen in the awkward position of telling the others that she plans on leaving everything, including the cottage, to Helen when she diesunless everyone comes to the shore for a long weekend over the Fourth of July. During this time together, Helen, Charlotte, Pammy, and Thomas will revisit their longago decisions and assumptions. And they will face new choices that could shatter their fragile kinshipor reveal a familys extraordinary power to remember, to forgive, and to growThis is solid beachread material that will be particularly appealing to those who...

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Kensington Publishing; Classification: FA; Weight: 120 g; Dimensions: 143 x 210 x 28

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