Review: Summer Longing
Summer LongingBy Jamie Brenner
384 pages
Release Date: May 5, 2020
Little, Brown and Company
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From Goodreads:
uth Cooperman arrives in beautiful beachside Provincetown for her retirement, renting the perfect waterfront cottage while she searches for her forever home. After years of hard work and making peace with life's compromises, Ruth is looking forward to a carefree summer of solitude. But when she finds a baby girl abandoned on her doorstep, Ruth turns to her new neighbors for help and is drawn into the drama of the close-knit community.
The appearance of the mystery baby has an emotional ripple effect through the women in town, including Amelia Cabral, the matriarch who lost her own child decades earlier; Elise Douglas, owner of the tea shop who gave up her dream of becoming a mother; and teenage local Jaci Barros who feels trapped by her parents' expectations. Ruth, caring for a baby for the first time in thirty years, even reaches out to her own estranged daughter, Olivia, summoning her to Provincetown in hopes of a reconciliation.
As summer unfolds and friends and family care for the infant, alliances are made, relationships are tested, and secrets are uncovered. But the unconditional love for a child in need just might bring Ruth and the women of Provincetown exactly what they have been longing for themselves.
With heartfelt storytelling, Summer Longing is Jamie Brenner's eagerly anticipated return to Provincetown; another unforgettable tale about motherhood, friendship, and finding your way home.
Jamie Brenner is one of
my favorite authors, and I always look forward to her newest read!
Summer Longing was another excellent book. I loved all the characters,
and related the most to Olivia. The real star of this book though, was
Provincetown itself! It was clear Jamie Brenner both 1) absolutely loves
Provincetown and 2) did her research to make the setting perfect. This
book made me want to visit Provincetown but at the same time made me
feel like I'd spent a summer there too. I was sad to leave the town and
these characters at the end of the story. Her writing flows well and the
story moves along at the perfect pace--it's a hard one to put down. In
fact, I read the last 70% of the book in one day!
If you're sad that your vacation got canceled this spring or summer (as mine did) this is a perfect book to experience a perfect beach town setting along with characters that feel like friends. I absolutely recommend this book (and anything by Jamie Brenner) for your summer reading list!
If you're sad that your vacation got canceled this spring or summer (as mine did) this is a perfect book to experience a perfect beach town setting along with characters that feel like friends. I absolutely recommend this book (and anything by Jamie Brenner) for your summer reading list!
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