From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer
comes another "fun, feisty" (The Washington Post) novel of family,
secrets, and the ties that bind.
When her twenty-two-year-old stepdaughter announces her engagement to
her pandemic boyfriend, Sarah Danhauser is shocked. But the wheels are
in motion. Headstrong Ruby has already set a date (just three months
away!) and spoken to her beloved safta, Sarah's mother Veronica, about
having the wedding at the family's beach house in Cape Cod. Sarah might
be worried, but Veronica is thrilled to be bringing the family together
one last time before putting the big house on the market.
But the road to a wedding day usually comes with a few bumps. Ruby has
always known exactly what she wants, but as the wedding date approaches,
she finds herself grappling with the wounds left by the mother who
walked out when she was a baby. Veronica ends up facing unexpected news,
thanks to her meddling sister, and must revisit the choices she made
long ago, when she was a bestselling novelist with a different life.
Sarah's twin brother, Sam, is recovering from a terrible loss, and
confronting big questions about who he is--questions he hopes to resolve
during his stay on the Cape. Sarah's husband, Eli, who's been
inexplicably distant during the pandemic, confronts the consequences of
a long ago lapse from his typical good-guy behavior. And Sarah,
frustrated by her husband, concerned about her stepdaughter, and worn
out by the challenges of the quarantine, faces the alluring reappearance
of someone from her past and a life that could have been.
When the wedding day arrives, lovers are revealed as their true selves,
misunderstandings take on a life of their own, and secrets come to
light. There are confrontations and revelations that will touch each
member of the extended family, ensuring that nothing will ever be the
same.
From "the undisputed boss of the beach read" (The New York Times),
The Summer Place is a testament to family in all its messy glory; a
story about what we sacrifice and how we forgive. Enthralling, witty,
big-hearted, and sharply observed, "this first-rate page-turner"
(Publishers Weekly) is Jennifer Weiner's love letter to the Outer Cape
and the power of home, the way our lives are enriched by the people we
call family, and the endless ways love can surprise us.
