This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations – a series of “not just cookbooks”.
It’s not #summerreads without at least one (if not more) books set at a summer cottage or a lake house, right? This week’s pick was a fast read that is so much more than it looks/ sounds on the surface! And there are more in this series!
Synopsis:
After the death of their beloved father, three sisters return to their family lake house. As they sort through his precious belongings, they find a crumpled pile of letters and unearth a devastating secret…
Eldest sister Alex discovers the stash of love letters by accident, hidden away in the shed beside the lake where they used to play as children during long, hot summer vacations. She knows the handwriting isn’t her mother’s, and it’s clear the notes were written when she and her sisters were kids. She adored her father. But she just has to know who wrote these notes. Why don’t her sisters want to know the truth too?
As each sister deals with their grief and tries to protect their mother from more trauma, tensions rise in the lake house. Even under one roof, sharing a room just as they used to as children, the three women have never felt so isolated from one another.
When Alex makes a shocking discovery about her father’s affair, the true scale of their father’s deception is revealed.
Can Alex hold onto the family life she thought she had, and held so dear, if everything she ever knew was a lie?
A poignant and heartfelt tale of sisterhood and marriage, Last Summer at the Lake House explores the power of forgiveness and the unbreakable bond between sisters. Fans of Mary Alice Munroe, Pamela Kelley and Barbara O’Neal will be drawn deep into the heart of one family’s dramatic summer, sharing their bittersweet journey of heartache and rediscovery.
I LOVED this book!
Three adult sisters unexpectedly brought back together to the family cottage after the sudden death of their father. Family bonding time and grieving, right? Yes but this book is so much more.
There are family dynamics, unexpected turns in the road for at least one of the sisters and a decades-old family mystery to solve as the sisters discover letters written between their late father and a mystery woman with whom he had an affair. On the surface, this sounds like a fluffy summer read but it’s much more complex. Delicate themes deftly handled and characters you actually care about. Can’t wait to read more in this series!
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Disclosure: I received an advance copy from Simon & Schuster Canada in exchange for an honest review. I am not receiving any compensation for reviewing the book. Neither the author nor the publisher reviewed this post prior to publication. All opinions are my own.
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I really enjoyedthis book too
Such a good summer read!