When we picture the perfect place to spend summers as
children, the house that Ed and Connie Gordon travel from Milwaukee to
Wellfleet every summer might come to mind. When they adopt a nearly grown
teenager who their daughter Ann befriends, the family of five seems complete. Then
comes the jealousy, teenage hormones and the problems that too much freedom and
too little information breeds. The three children, once close, separate into
their own shadowy worlds and it takes the death of their parents, years later,
to reunite them. The question of what happens to the Second Home force the
issue.
Christina Clancy has created deep characters and a gorgeous
setting that propels this book into the "great summer read" category.
But it has some dark moments that hold me back from giving it a five-star
rating. Every parents dream, and nightmare, all in one book.
This book was provided to me by NetGalley and will be
published June 2, 2020.
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