The New York Times bestselling author and "skilled storyteller who
never lets her readers down" (Huffington Post) returns to her beloved
Beach House series with this "authentic, generous, and heartfelt" (Mary
Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) tale of new
beginnings, resilience, and one family's enduring love.
Cara Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms.
Comforting in its familiarity, it is still rife with painful memories.
Only through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the
lowcountry can Cara let go of the past and open herself to the
possibility of a new career and love.
Meanwhile, her niece Linnea, a recent college graduate with an uncertain
future, leaves her historic home in Charleston, with all its entitlement
and expectations, and heads to her aunt's beach house. On the island,
she is free to join the turtle team, learn to surf, and fall in love.
Remembering the lessons of her beloved grandmother, Lovie, the original
"turtle lady," Linnea rediscovers a meaningful purpose to her life and
finds the courage she needs to break from tradition.
In "this tender and openhearted novel of familial expectations, new
boundaries, and the power of forgiveness" (Booklist), three
generations of the Rutledge family gather together to find the strength,
love, and commitment to break destructive family patterns and to forge
new bonds that will endure long beyond one summer reunion.
