Summer House Book Review

I was at the library with my son and he didn't want to leave because he found a graphic novel that he wanted to read.  I went to the free shelf of books and found Summer House: A Novel by Nancy Thayer because I didn't want to search the whole library for a book to read and I had just finished my other book so I didn't have another book in my bag.  I was glad that I looked because it was really good book by an author that I have never read before. 

Thirty-year-old Charlotte Wheelwright seems to have at last found her niche, running an organic gardening business on the island of Nantucket, thanks in large part to her spry grandmother Nona, who donated a portion of land on the family’s seaside compound to get Charlotte started. Though Charlotte’s skill with plants is bringing her success, cultivating something deeper with people—particularly her handsome neighbor Coop—might be more of a challenge.

    Now the entire Wheelwright clan is making its annual summer pilgrimage to the homestead, including Charlotte’s mother, Helen, who brings a heavy heart as she confronts a betrayal that threatens her sense of place and her sense of self. Bringing together three generations of strong-willed women, each wrestling with life-changing decisions, Nancy Thayer’s luminous novel shows that no matter where life’s path may lead, love always finds a way back home.

This book was about a whole family who was traveling to the families summer house and staying all together in the family home.  It is a lot of drama in everyone's lives but I was following Helen who was dealing with discovering a cheating husband but staying with his family in their summer house.  Helen wanted to be there for her kids and each one of them going through their own issues including Charlotte who was running an organic farm and having issues in her personal life, Oliver who was getting married to his gay partner and Teddy who showed up with a pregnant wife.  There was a lot going on with each member of the family and I loved the changes that were made over the story.  There was another side of the family with Grace as the head but the book didn't go into as much detail about them and I didn't connect with them as much.  I hope that you check out this book for yourself and enjoy it as much as did with this crazy family.  If you pick up the book, you will find out lots of family secrets.  I can't wait to see if there are any other books in this series!!