First published 2010
Birdie Cousins has spent months planning her daughter Chess's Connecticut wedding, obsessing over every detail from dance floors to napkins. Then Chess calls late one night to cancel her engagement. Before Birdie can process this shock, devastating news arrives that sends Chess spiraling into despair. Birdie abandons her first romance since her recent divorce and gathers her family. She takes Chess, her younger daughter Tate, and her sister India to Tuckernuck Island off Nantucket, where their family has vacationed for generations. The rustic island offers no phones, television, or stores. Birdie hopes the isolation will help them heal. Instead, the remote setting forces buried secrets into the open. Sisters clash, old relationships resurface, and new attractions develop. The family discovers that escaping to paradise cannot shield them from the truths they carry within themselves.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Connecticut, Nantucket, Tuckernuck Island
416 pages · Hardcover · Reagan Arthur Books