The Cicada Spring: A Potomac Shores Novel

For fans of Robyn Carr, a coming-of-middle-age story about second chances, friendship, and the power of nature that's “a must-read.” (The Zebra) Katie Young is embracing her role as an empty nester, with a new marriage and a thriving career in Miami. But life, like the shifting tides, has other plans. After the tragic loss of her mother, Katie returns to the family's Virginia river house, finding solace as she navigates the Potomac on her dad's old boat. New dreams are sparked when Katie reconnects with friends around the beach bonfire, and an encounter with a handsome stranger puts her on a surprising course. But when development threatens a protected eagle's nest, Katie finds herself fighting for a future she never dared to imagine. As the lovelorn cicadas emerge from decades in the dark, will Katie find her forever love? Poignant and heartwarming, The Cicada Spring celebrates the strength that lies within. “An involving tale that balances struggle, love, and hope."-Kirkus Review

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The Cicada Spring: A Potomac Shores Novel

For fans of Robyn Carr, a coming-of-middle-age story about second chances, friendship, and the power of nature that's “a must-read.” (The Zebra) Katie Young is embracing her role as an empty nester, with a new marriage and a thriving career in Miami. But life, like the shifting tides, has other plans. After the tragic loss of her mother, Katie returns to the family's Virginia river house, finding solace as she navigates the Potomac on her dad's old boat. New dreams are sparked when Katie reconnects with friends around the beach bonfire, and an encounter with a handsome stranger puts her on a surprising course. But when development threatens a protected eagle's nest, Katie finds herself fighting for a future she never dared to imagine. As the lovelorn cicadas emerge from decades in the dark, will Katie find her forever love? Poignant and heartwarming, The Cicada Spring celebrates the strength that lies within. “An involving tale that balances struggle, love, and hope."-Kirkus Review

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The Cicada Spring: A Potomac Shores Novel

The Cicada Spring: A Potomac Shores Novel

by Carolyn McBride

Narrated by Maria Marquis

Unabridged — 8 hours, 45 minutes

The Cicada Spring: A Potomac Shores Novel

The Cicada Spring: A Potomac Shores Novel

by Carolyn McBride

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For fans of Robyn Carr, a coming-of-middle-age story about second chances, friendship, and the power of nature that's “a must-read.” (The Zebra) Katie Young is embracing her role as an empty nester, with a new marriage and a thriving career in Miami. But life, like the shifting tides, has other plans. After the tragic loss of her mother, Katie returns to the family's Virginia river house, finding solace as she navigates the Potomac on her dad's old boat. New dreams are sparked when Katie reconnects with friends around the beach bonfire, and an encounter with a handsome stranger puts her on a surprising course. But when development threatens a protected eagle's nest, Katie finds herself fighting for a future she never dared to imagine. As the lovelorn cicadas emerge from decades in the dark, will Katie find her forever love? Poignant and heartwarming, The Cicada Spring celebrates the strength that lies within. “An involving tale that balances struggle, love, and hope."-Kirkus Review


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2024-04-11
The first novel in McBride’s series explores second chances during Covid-19.

Katie Young, an IT systems director who’s nearly 50, feels adrift as a new empty nester in her small town near Occoquan, Virginia. It’s the early 2020s, and Covid, quarantines, office shutdowns, and furloughs are everywhere. Her daughter, Belle, heads to college, and Katie lands a new job in Miami. A lifelong boater, she meets James Conway “JC” Bland III at a Miami marina; a whirlwind romance leads to a quick marriage proposal. Despite nagging doubts, she says yes. JC’s yacht becomes a metaphor for their damaged marriage. (“She saw the imperfections first. The crazing in the porthole glass, faded curtains, a water stain in the ceiling.”) The newlyweds sail to Key West, snorkel at Dry Tortugas National Park, and party with new friends and fellow boaters, including Rhiannon and her husband, Corde. McBride ably limns the women as they develop their friendship, sharing confidences and “quarantinis” at bonfires with the other “Beach Bonfire Babes.” Life shifts abruptly, however, when Katie’s mother contracts Covid and dies. Katie moves into Bonnie Brae, her childhood Virginia home, to settle the estate. We learn more about Bonnie Brae, a “red-roofed Cape Cod” that abuts the Potomac River (“The shoreline was right on a protected bay across from a national wildlife refuge”). She finds strength to assess her new marriage and to plan her future with help from friends and Deke, who works for the Potomac Science Center and shares many common interests with Katie. McBride adeptly intertwines the lives of Katie and Rhiannon, and themes of love, family, loss, and betrayal emerge. The author sets a vivid scene (“The sun was just rising in the east, and a white layer of fog rose from the surface of the water as if the river was lifting its bedtime blanket”), and her storytelling consistently engages.

An involving tale that balances struggle, love, and hope.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940192366288
Publisher: Make Waves Press
Publication date: 04/14/2024
Series: null
Edition description: Unabridged
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