"Irresistibly sunny... Set in the brightly lit Mediterranean amid
old olive trees and sexual intrigue, music and wine and beautiful
women... Propulsive." -The New York Times Book Review
"The perfect book for pretending it's already beach season." -*O, The
Oprah Magazine
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A romantic page-turner propelled by the sixty-year secret that has
shaped two families, four lovers, and one seaside resort community.
Set against dramatic Mediterranean Sea views and lush olive groves, The
Rocks opens with a confrontation and a secret: What was the mysterious,
catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and
absolutely in 1948 that they never spoke again despite living on the
same island for sixty more years? And how did their history shape the
Romeo and Juliet-like romance of their (unrelated) children decades
later? Centered around a popular seaside resort club and its community,
The Rocks is a double love story that begins with a mystery, then moves
backward in time, era by era, to unravel what really happened decades
earlier.
Peter Nichols writes with a pervading, soulful wisdom and self-knowing
humor, and captures perfectly this world of glamorous, complicated,
misbehaving types with all their sophisticated flaws and genuine
longing. The result is a bittersweet, intelligent, and romantic novel
about how powerful the perceived truth can be--as a bond, and as a
barrier--even if it's not really the whole story; and how one
misunderstanding can echo irreparably through decades.
