The Summer Wives
- Author Beatriz Williams
- Narrator Kirstin Kalbli
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 9 August 2018
- Run Time 11 hours and 47 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical fiction, Historical romance.
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What to expect
Secrets and lies hold the island together. But this summer, everything will fall apart…
A tight community
A forbidden love
A summer to change everything…
It's 1951 and Miranda's mother has just married in to one of the wealthiest families on Winthrop Island, a glamorous haven set off the New England coast.
But beneath the surface, the island is a delicate balance of tension between the wealthy summer families who holiday there and the Portuguese fishermen and domestic workers who keep the island going.
As Miranda begins to fall for Joseph, the lighthouse keeper's handsome son, the tension rises inexorably to the surface and an explosive end to the summer will change everyone, forever…
Critics Review
Praise for Beatriz Williams:
n‘A world filled with elegance, charm, and bygone manners … No-one does it better than Beatriz' Jane Green
n‘Full of wit, romance, and surprising twists’ Popsugar
n‘Definitely worth squeezing into your hand luggage’ RED
n‘Summer of 1938: A scandalous love triangle and a famous hurricane converge… a perfect storm.’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
n‘A fantastic summer read’ HELLO
n‘Delightful and rewarding from an author to watch’ WE LOVE THIS BOOK
n‘Williams' historical masterpiece is an all-encompassing, period-perfect read.’ RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)
n‘[A] fast-paced love story…the scorching sun illuminates a friend’s betrayal and reignites a romance’ O, The Oprah Magazine
n‘A candidate for this year's best beach read – the period story of a derailed love affair seen through a sequence of summers’ Kirkus Book Reviews
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