Summer Island : a novel

Summer Island A novel

Shelley Noble

Book - 2022

"When reporter Phoebe Adams loses her job and her fiancé on the same day, it never occurs to her that she'll also have to support her mother, Ruth, through her divorce from Phoebe's father after thirty-five years of marriage. They both need a safe haven, and Phoebe knows just the place--Summer Island where Grandma Alice still rules the roost from the big New England beach house Phoebe and Ruth once called home... Phoebe's plan for a peaceful retreat is quickly hijacked when globe-trotting Great Aunt Vera makes an unannounced pit stop. With Vera around, no one can stay morose for long, not even Lars, the grumpy widower next door, or his son Ty, formerly geeky middle child all grown up into a handsome and enigmatic man. S...oon they're all enjoying things they used to do and discovering new ones. Each adventure opens a part of themselves they've neglected for too long and brings them closer together. But when an accident threatens to destroy the tenuous tie between them, Phoebe realizes how fragile life can be, and that she has some serious choices to make about her own life."--

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Subjects
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Divorced women > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Homecoming > Fiction.
New England > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Romance fiction.
Genres
Domestic fiction
Romance fiction
Published
New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Shelley Noble (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
400 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780063118423
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

Noble's latest (after Imagine Summer, 2021) is filled with family, love, and heartache, all told in front of the beautiful backdrop of a small beach town. Pheobe Adams is a journalist who is doing less writing and more administrative work in order to keep her beloved local newspaper, Weekly Sentinel, afloat. Phoebe is also planning her wedding to Gavin, who inherited the newspaper. All in all, it's not a bad life, but still, there is something just not right. Then, without a word to Pheobe, Gavin announces that he is closing shop on the Sentinel and everyone is terminated, effective immediately. Pheobe decides that Gavin is not the man she thought he was, and ends up on a journey of self-discovery. Accompanied by her mom, who is also figuring out her next chapter in life, she returns to Granna's house on Summer Island. The cast of supporting characters are kind and relatable, and each brings their own unique backstory. Readers who like Kristan Higgins will gravitate to this thought-provoking beach read.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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