Summer Island A Novel

Yearsago,NoraBridgewalkedoutonhermarriageandleftherdaughtersbehind.Nowsheisafamoustalkshowhost.HerdaughterRubyisastrugglingcomedienne.Thetwohaven’tspokeninmorethanadecade.ThenascandalfromNora’spastisexposed,andRubyisofferedafortunetowriteatell-allabouthermother.Reluctantly,shereturnstothefamilyhouseonSummerIsland,ahomefilledwithfrayedmemoriesofjoyandheartache.Confrontingapastthatincludesanever-forgottenlove,asickbestfriend,andamotherwhohasharboredterriblefamilysecrets,Rubyfinallybeginstounderstandthecomplextiesthatbindamotheranddaughter—andthehealingthatcomeswithforgiveness.FromthePaperbackedition.,