INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a Notable Work of Fiction by The Washington Post
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another âideal beach read, full of secrets and complicated female friendshipsâ (Cosmopolitan).
Daisy Shoemaker canât sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows sheâs got it good. So why is she up all night?
While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction, sheâs also receiving misdirected emails meant for a woman named Diana Starling, whose email address is just one punctuation mark away from her own. While Daisyâs driving carpools, Diana is chairing meetings. While Daisyâs making dinner, Dianaâs making plans to reorganize corporations. Dianaâs glamorous, sophisticated, single-lady life is miles away from Daisyâs simpler existence. When an apology leads to an invitation, the two women meet and become friends. But, as they get closer, we learn that their connection was not completely accidental. Who IS this other woman, and what does she want with Daisy?
From the manicured Main Line of Philadelphia to the wild landscape of the Outer Cape, written with Jennifer Weinerâs signature wit and sharp observations, That Summer is a âcompelling, nuanced novelâ (Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post) about surviving our pasts, confronting our futures, and the sustaining bonds of friendship.