The Edge of Summer
- Authors: Viola Shipman
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- Genres: General Fiction
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- Rating: 4.5 based on 1,412 reviews
- Release Date: January 1, 2023
- Print length: 480 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
Viola Shipman delights with this captivating summertime escape set along the sparkling shores of Lake Michigan, where a woman searches for clues to her secretive mother's past
Stricken with grief over the sudden passing of her mother - the reserved, affectionate, and fiercely private Southern seamstress known as Miss Mabel, who was a wellspring of wisdom from the Ozarks but never discussed her own family - Sutton Douglas makes a spontaneous choice to pack her things and head north to a Michigan resort town. She believes that there, she will find the answers to the lifelong queries she has regarding not just her mother’s background, but also her own purpose in life.
Echoing memories of Miss Mabel’s sewing materials, which served as her playthings in childhood, Sutton acquires a set of buttons at an estate sale from Bonnie Lyons, the formidable matriarch of the lakeside society. Intrigued by a few keepsakes left behind by her mother and insights into the town’s enchanting history, Sutton begins to speculate that Bonnie might be the grandmother she never knew. However, could this be true? As Sutton tentatively develops a friendship with Bonnie and earns her trust, she starts to uncover the hidden truths about her family that Miss Mabel took great pains to conceal, as well as the unwitting role Sutton played in it all.
Praise for this book
The minute I finished The Clover Girls, I ordered copies for all my friends. It's that good.
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