Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2018. Adult fiction.Winthrop Island lies off the coast of Connecticut in the Atlantic Ocean. Wealthy families summer there and their lives intertwine with the locals who work to keep their houses clean, their food cooked, and to provide the fabulous seafood. In 1959, when Miranda Schuyler first arrives, it is for the wedding of her widowed mother to wealthy Hugh Fisher. His daughter Isobel is near Miranda's age. It doesn't take long for the girls and handsome lobsterman Joseph Vargas whose family keeps the lighthouse to heat up the summer.
Flash forward to 1969 when movie star Miranda Schuyler, sporting a black eye, arrives again on Winthrop Island. Joseph Vargas has escaped from prison where he is serving a term for a long ago murder. What's happened in-between dates back to the histories of locals and summer families from years gone by.
Beatriz Williams writes of sand, sea, and intrigue. This book is one that should find its way to your summer beach bag...or maybe just read it during your staycation!
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