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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER The book equivalent of a beach getaway.--PopSugar A stunning debut.--BookRiot The instant national bestseller about the generations of a family that spends summers in a seaside enclave on Maines rocky coastline, for fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Beatriz Williams 1944: Maren Larsen is a blonde beauty from a small Minnesota farming town, determined to do her part to help the war effort--and to see the world beyond her familys cornfields. As a cadet nurse at Walter Reed Medical Center, shes swept off her feet by Dr. Oliver Demarest, a handsome Boston Brahmin whose family spends summers in an insular community on the rocky coast of Maine. 1970: As the nation grapples with the ongoing conflict in Vietnam, Oliver and Maren are grappling with their fiercely independent seventeen-year-old daughter, Annie, who has fallen for a young man they dont approve of. Before the summer is over a terrible tragedy will strike the Demarests--and in the aftermath, Annie vows never to return to Haven Point. 2008: Annies daughter, Skye, has arrived in Maine to help scatter her mothers ashes. Maren knows that her granddaughter inherited Annies view of Haven Point: despite the wild beauty and quaint customs, the regattas and clambakes and sing-alongs, she finds the place--and the people--snobbish and petty. But Maren also knows that Annie never told Skye the whole truth about what happened during that fateful summer. Over seven decades of a changing America, through wars and storms, betrayals and reconciliations, Virginia Humes Haven Point explores what it means to belong to a place, and to a family, which holds as tightly to its traditions as it does its secrets.Virginia Hume is a freelance writer and editor. Her early career was spent in politics and public affairs. She lives outside Washington, D.C. with her husband, their daughters, and an under-groomed bichon named Chester.Book specifications:Dimensions: 210 x 137Author: Virginia HumeCover type: PaperbackPublishing Year: 2022Publishing Month: 7Pages: 400Language: EnglishPublisher: St. Martins GriffinWeight: 363 g
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