A summer wedding, a college reunion, a gorgeous Maine beach
house--it's the ideal setting for bestselling author Holly Chamberlin's
captivating novel about the connections that shape us, sometimes break
our hearts, and forever change our lives . . .
Bess Culpepper has long been sure of two things--that her group of
college friends would stay close, and that love is worth the wait. At
forty-two, she's found the right man, and she's celebrating her upcoming
wedding by inviting her best friends to beautiful Kennebunkport.
Bess has always been at the helm of these reunions, herding everyone
together despite distance and outside commitments. As usual, Marta and
Mike journey from their home near New York City, while Chuck and his
husband, Dean, travel from Los Angeles. But Allison, half of a devoted
couple since college, is making the trip from Chicago without her
husband, Chris. None of the others knows the reason for their impending
divorce. There are other tensions too. The usually level-headed Marta is
conspicuously on edge, and Chuck reveals devastating personal news.
As reality encroaches on her dreams of the perfect gathering, Bess
begins to second guess her assumptions about friendship and fidelity. If
relationships like these, nurtured over decades, can flounder, how can
any couple stay committed? Is it possible to truly know the ones we
love--or even to predict where one's own path will lead?
