The Summer Cottage
Susan Kietzman
The Summer Cottage
Susan Kietzman
Spanning two summers decades apart, Susan Kietzman’s poignant novel explores the complexities of the people-and places-that shape our livesa
oBeautifully 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.o –Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author
Spanning two summers decades apart, Susan Kietzman’s poignant novel explores the complexities of the people-and places-that shape our livesa
Helen Street spent every summer of her childhood at her family’s cedar-shake cottage on Long Island Sound. The youngest of four, she shared her mother Claire’s athletic genes and relished the orchestrated games and competitions that filled those warm, endless days. Unlike her older siblings-fiery Charlotte, ambitious Thomas, middle-child Pammy-Helen rarely felt the pressure of her mother’s 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 dies-unless 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 long-ago decisions and assumptions. And they will face new choices that could shatter their fragile kinship-or reveal a family’s extraordinary power to remember, to forgive, and to growa
oThis is solid beach-read material that will be particularly appealing to those who like stories of family secrets.o –Booklist
This item is not currently in-stock. It can be ordered online and is expected to ship in approx 2 weeks
Our stock data is updated periodically, and availability may change throughout the day for in-demand items. Please call the relevant shop for the most current stock information. Prices are subject to change without notice.
Sign in or become a Readings Member to add this title to a wishlist.