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The Beach at Summerly - A Novel (Hardcover)
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The Beach at Summerly - A Novel (Hardcover)
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"Grand and gripping...shot through with suspense, romance, and
glorious, beach-laden locales. I could not put it down."--Marie
Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of The Mitford Affair A
ravishing summer read from New York Times bestseller Beatriz
Williams, sweeping readers back to a mid-century New England rich
with secrets and Cold War intrigue. June 1946. As the residents of
Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the
sacrifice of war, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest
cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy
Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly’s
year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island’s
settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining
possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her
incapacitated mother, Olive traveled the world, married fascinating
men, and involved herself in political causes. She’s also the
beloved aunt of the two surviving Peabody sons, Amory and Shep,
with whom Emilia has a tangled romantic history. As the summer
wears on, Emilia develops a deep rapport with Olive, who urges her
to leave the island for a life of adventure, while romance blossoms
with the sturdy and honorable Shep. But the heady promise of
Peabody patronage is blown apart by the arrival of Sumner Fox, an
FBI agent who demands Emilia’s help to capture a Soviet agent
who’s transmitting vital intelligence on the West’s atomic
weapon program from somewhere inside the Summerly estate. April
1954. Eight years later, Summerly is boarded up and Emilia has
rebuilt her shattered life as a professor at Wellesley College,
when shocking news arrives from Washington—the traitor she helped
convict is about to be swapped for an American spy imprisoned in
the Soviet Union, but with a mysterious condition only Emilia can
fulfill. A reluctant Emilia is summoned to CIA headquarters, where
she’s forced to confront the harrowing consequences of her
actions that fateful summer, and a choice that could destroy the
Peabody family—and Emilia’s chance for redemption—all over
again.
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Imprint: |
William Morrow
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Beatriz Williams
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-302084-9 |
Categories: |
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General
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LSN: |
0-06-302084-X |
Barcode: |
9780063020849 |
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