The Book of Summers: A Novel

"Elegantly written and intensely intimate" this story of a complex mother-daughter relationship is "a moving, poetic debut" (Marisa de los Santos, New York Times–bestselling author of Love Walked In).

For nine-year-old Beth Lowe, it should have been a magical summer—sun-kissed days lounging in rickety deck chairs, nights gathered around the fire. But what begins as an innocent vacation to Hungary ends with the devastating separation of her parents. Beth and her father return home alone, lea...