Apples Never FallmeetsMainein this captivating novel of family secrets, summer celebrations, and putting things back together again after theyve all fallen apart from the acclaimed author ofThe Hidden Life of Cecily Larson.
Lindy has the summer of a lifetime planned at her familys beloved cottage in Summerland Cove, Maine, where shes spent summers all her life and where she and her husbandDavid met as teenagers. Shes slated big events three weekends in a row: Davids fiftieth birthday party, her parents fiftieth anniversary party, and her oldest daughter Haileys wedding. But when David doesnt show up for his own party, everything about the life theyve created together is thrown into question, as the shattered family sets out looking for him. Has he been in an accident? God forbid, been the victim of a crime? Or is it something more clicha midlife crisis, an affair? Surely, hell show up for his beloved daughters weddingwont he?
The agonizing days tick by and still no David. Lindys four nearly grown children are panicked. Lindy struggles to remain calm, even as long-buried details of the familys past begin to surface, offering distressing clues. Meanwhile, her mother seems to be harboring secrets of her own, her father has grown alarmingly absent-minded, and Hailey wrestles with whether she should get married at alleven if her father does turn up.
A richly drawn novel of mothers, marriages, and one endearingly messy family, Summerland Covebeautifully evokes the crisp air and rocky beaches of coastal Maine, while poignantly revealing how complicated histories can shape the present in unexpected ways.
