In this satisfying page-turner from "the queen of beach reads" (New
York Magazine), a Nantucket novelist has one final summer to protect
her secrets while her loved ones on earth learn to live without their
golden girl.
On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and
mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car
accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She ascends to the
Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to
watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three
"nudges" to change the outcome of events on earth, and with her daughter
Willa on her third miscarriage, Carson partying until all hours, and Leo
currently "off again" with his high-maintenance girlfriend, she'll have
to think carefully where to use them.
From the Beyond, Vivi watches "The Chief" Ed Kapenash investigate her
death, but her greatest worry is her final book, which contains a secret
from her own youth that could be disastrous for her reputation. But when
hidden truths come to light, Vivi's family will have to sort out their
past and present mistakes--with or without a nudge of help from
above--while Vivi finally lets them grow without her.
With all of Elin's trademark beach scenes, mouth-watering meals, and
picture-perfect homes, plus a heartfelt message--the people we lose
never really leave us--Golden Girl is a beach book unlike any other.
