This virtual event is a collaboration between several libraries. Born in Kansas, Nancy has been a resident of Nantucket for thirty-five years, where she currently lives with her husband, Charley, and a precocious rescue cat named Callie. Nancy Thayer shines yet again with another sunswept tale of summer love and self-discovery.Ībout The Author: Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Summer Love, Family Reunion, Girls of Summer, Let It Snow, Surfside Sisters, A Nantucket Wedding, Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, and Island Girls. Some of it was inspired by my own personal experience. Yet as the crew gathers for one eventful week in July, it becomes clear that old secrets, jealousies, and betrayals will be revealed. And all the while, their twentysomething children will embark on exciting new adventures all their own. The Island House is about two young women with secrets that will change their lives during one summer on Nantucket. Bestselling author Nancy Thayer will discuss her latest book, Summer Love, on Tuesday, June 14 at 7PM via Zoom.Ībout The Book: Old secrets come to light when four friends gather on Nantucket for a life-changing reunion in this heartwarming novel of love and self-discovery by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Summer is in full swing on sunny Nantucket, and four old friends decide to hold a reunion on the island, where they’d made fond memories nearly three decades earlier.
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