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Synopsis
Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life's challenges and finding new love in this heartwarming and hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Eddie Grant is happy with her life working as a personal assistant to Dinah Lavender, one of the most famous and renowned romance authors in the business. But being a spectator to notoriety and glamour isn't as fulfilling as she once thought. Thankfully, Eddie has the perfect excuse for a vacation. Her hardworking younger sister, Barrett is opening up her gift shop on Memorial Day Weekend and needs all the help she can get.
But going home to the beautiful island of Nantucket means facing her family's hardships. Shortly after her brother's death, Eddie's mother left them, and her father made the spontaneous decision to buy a small farm on Nantucket. Eddie could only stay a year before her family's grief threatened to consume her as well. She's been living in Manhattan ever since. Now that she is back, Eddie must face all she left behind: her father's increased eccentricities that has led to a house bursting at the seams with books; her sister's resentment over Eddie's abandonment; and a past love connection that is still undeniable and complicated all these years later. But the Grant sisters are nothing if not resilient and capable, opening a used bookstore in their father's abandoned barn to manage his hoarding, and navigating together the discovery of a long-buried family secret that will change all of them forever.
In The Summer We Started Over, beloved storyteller Nancy Thayer transports readers with yet another moving story about family, courage, and the resiliency of young women.