The
ocean, the wild roses on the dunes and the stunning Cliff House, perched atop a
bluff in Sconset, Nantucket. Inside the faded pages of the Cliff House guest
book live the spellbinding stories of its female inhabitants: from Ruby, a
bright-eyed newlywed on the eve of World War II to her granddaughter Bess, who
returns to the beautiful summer estate.
For the first time in four years, physician Bess
Codman visits the compound her great-grandparents built almost a century
before, but due to erosion, the once-grand home will soon fall into the sea.
Bess must now put aside her complicated memories in order to pack up the house
and deal with her mother, a notorious town rabble-rouser, who refuses to leave.
It’s not just memories of her family home Bess must face though, but also an
old love that might hold new possibilities.
In the
midst of packing Bess rediscovers the forgotten family guest book. Bess’s
grandmother and primary keeper of the book, Ruby, always said Cliff House was a
house of women, and by the very last day of the very last summer at Cliff
House, Bess will understand the truth of her grandmother’s words in ways she
never imagined.
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About the author:
New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment and I'll See You in Paris, MICHELLE GABLE graduated from The College of William & Mary.
After a twenty-year career in finance, she now writes full time. Michelle lives
in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, with her husband, two daughters, and one
lazy cat.
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