A timely, tender, and compassionate tale of perseverance, love, and the
bonds of family in the face of tremendous and sometimes painful upheaval
in this latest novel in the New York Times bestselling Beach House
series. The coming of spring usually means renewal, but for Linnea
Rutledge, this spring is a season of challenge. Linnea faces another
layoff, this time from the aquarium she adores, and her family's
finances, emotions, and health teeter on the brink. To complicate
matters, her new love interest, Gordon, struggles to return to the Isle
of Palms from England. Meanwhile, her old flame, John, turns up from
California and is quarantining next door. She tries to ignore him, but
when he sends her plaintive notes in the form of paper airplanes, old
sparks ignite. When Gordon at last reaches the island, Linnea
wonders--is it possible to love two men at the same time? Love in the
time of COVID-19 proves challenging, at times humorous, and ever
changing. Relationships are redefined, friendships made and broken, and
marriages tested. As the weeks turn to months, and another sea turtle
season comes to a close, Linnea learns there are more meaningful lessons
during this summer than opportunities lost: that summer is a time of
wonder, and that the exotic lives in our own backyards. Poignant and
moving, The Summer of Lost and Found is "a novel of growing up, saying
goodbye to the past, and learning to ask yourself the hard questions,
including one of the most vital of all: 'Who do you really want to be'"
(Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author).
