{"product_id":"the-summer-cottage-isbn-9781496709981","title":"The Summer Cottage","description":"“Beautifully written and closely observed, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Cottage\u003c\/i\u003e captures the deep and complicated love of family. Reading this lovely novel, I felt the embrace of summer on the shoreline.” --Luanne Rice, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpanning two summers decades apart, Susan Kietzman’s poignant novel explores the complexities of the people—and places—that shape our lives…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Street spent every summer of her childhood at her family’s cedar-shake cottage on Long Island Sound. The youngest of four, she shared her mother Claire’s athletic genes and relished the orchestrated games and competitions that filled those warm, endless days. Unlike her older siblings—fiery Charlotte, ambitious Thomas, middle-child Pammy—Helen rarely felt the pressure of her mother’s high expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty years later, with her brother and sisters scattered, Helen is the sole caregiver for Claire, now terminally ill. Knowing her death is imminent, Claire has put Helen in the awkward position of telling the others that she plans on leaving everything, including the cottage, to Helen when she dies—unless everyone comes to the shore for a long weekend over the Fourth of July. During this time together, Helen, Charlotte, Pammy, and Thomas will revisit their long-ago decisions and assumptions. And they will face new choices that could shatter their fragile kinship—or reveal a family’s extraordinary power to remember, to forgive, and to grow…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This is solid beach-read material that will be particularly appealing to those who like stories of family secrets.”\u003ci\u003e --Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Kietzman \u003c\/b\u003ewrites contemporary American fiction. Her protagonists face every day challenges and issues, and make decisions that affect the direction and quality of their lives. Before dedicating all her writing time to fiction, she wrote in several other capacities – as newspaper reporter, corporate client wordsmith, and museum fundraiser. She also taught English and public speaking at two community colleges.\u003ci\u003e It Started in June\u003c\/i\u003e is her fifth novel. Her previous novels are \u003ci\u003eEvery Other Wednesday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Cottage, A Changing Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life. \u003c\/i\u003ePlease visit her online at www.SusanKietzman.com.","brand":"Kensington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304131514597,"sku":"NP9781496709981","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781496709981.jpg?v=1767741722","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-summer-cottage-isbn-9781496709981","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}