Down with the Shipmans: A Novel by Meg Mitchell Moore.
William Morrow, 2026. Adult fiction.
When Calvin Shipman summons his three grown daughters back to the beach house where their summer memories lie, they come back to New Hampshire. Jordan, the eldest, is a single career woman whose personal life is at loggerheads with her work life. Natalie, married with three small children (Evangeline, Scarlett, and Caspian) who come with her, is having problems with her online life about the Vermont dairy farm he and her husband run. Mae, the youngest, is single and living out of her car in Colorado and boarding a pitt bull dog to make some money.
Calvin has remarried after the fairly recent death of the girls' mother. And not to just anyone, but to Kara, the hospice nurse who helped all of them during the death and grieving process. Now Calvin is ready to sell the beach house. As he tells them, the important thing is family, not a house...
The tale unspools like any good beach read, The daughters are well described and current issues make it timely. From trad wife to the me, too movement, Moore hits all the modern notes. The plot makes readers both feel like they might know these characters and still want to know what happens to them. Pack this one in your summer bag for vacation!
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