T
itle: The Summer WivesAuthor: Beatriz Williams
Genre: Fiction
Other books I've read by this author: A Certain Age, The Wicked City
Synopsis: 18-year-old Miranda Schuyler is spending the summer of 1951 on Winthrop Island following her mother's wedding to Hugh Fischer. She spends the summer getting to know the island with her new step-sister Isobel, who was only a year ahead of her at school. Miranda learns quickly that there are some barriers between the locals who live on the island year-round and the 'Families' who are only there for the summer. After witnessing a young lobsterman, Joseph Vargas, save a fellow sailor from drowning nothing will be the same for Miranda that summer.
My Thoughts
This book is full of mystery, scandal, love, and the divide between socioeconomic classes. Williams has a way of conveying raw emotions and making the reader feel every one of them. It is a classic beach read that I happened to read in the winter. If you are taking a trip over the holidays this would be a great book to take with you.
I like that the novel skips around to different character perspectives and different time periods in different sections to give the reader a full view of the story. I also enjoy that it is a murder mystery but also a coming of age story culminating in a storyline where the teenaged protagonists return to the island as adults nearing 40. The suspense will cause you to read for much longer than you intended or even realize. I looked at the clock after what seemed like 45 min of reading and it had actually been 2 hours!
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This book is full of mystery, scandal, love, and the divide between socioeconomic classes. Williams has a way of conveying raw emotions and making the reader feel every one of them. It is a classic beach read that I happened to read in the winter. If you are taking a trip over the holidays this would be a great book to take with you.
I like that the novel skips around to different character perspectives and different time periods in different sections to give the reader a full view of the story. I also enjoy that it is a murder mystery but also a coming of age story culminating in a storyline where the teenaged protagonists return to the island as adults nearing 40. The suspense will cause you to read for much longer than you intended or even realize. I looked at the clock after what seemed like 45 min of reading and it had actually been 2 hours!
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from Amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from the author, visit the website linked above
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