{"product_id":"28-summers-9780316428644","title":"28 Summers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"captivating and bittersweet\" novel by the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSummer of '69\u003c\/i\u003e: Their secret love affair has lasted for decades--but this could be the summer that changes everything (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Mallory Blessing's son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he's not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer. It's the late spring of 2020 and Jake's wife, Ursula DeGournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming Presidential election. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere must be a mistake, Link thinks. How do Mallory and Jake know each other? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlash back to the sweet summer of 1993: Mallory has just inherited a beachfront cottage on Nantucket from her aunt, and she agrees to host her brother's bachelor party. Cooper's friend from college, Jake McCloud, attends, and Jake and Mallory form a bond that will persevere--through marriage, children, and Ursula's stratospheric political rise--until Mallory learns she's dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the classic film \u003ci\u003eSame Time Next Year \u003c\/i\u003e(which Mallory and Jake watch every summer), \u003ci\u003e28 Summers\u003c\/i\u003e explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElin Hilderbrand \u003c\/b\u003espent her first summer on Nantucket Island in 1993 and has lived there year-round for twenty-six years. She's the mother of three, an enthusiastic at-home cook, and a six-year breast cancer survivor. \u003ci\u003e28\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSummers \u003c\/i\u003eis her twenty-fifth novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574116585746,"sku":"9780316428644","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0d9877a7-a9a9-4a6b-b54d-3264f0f4baf4.jpg?v=1773150026","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/28-summers-9780316428644","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}