{"product_id":"family-reunion-9781524798802","title":"Family Reunion","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A longtime Nantucket resident is trying to make the best of a lonely summer. Her spirited granddaughter is learning what she wants out of life. Unforgettable surprises await them both in this magical, multigenerational novel from Nancy Thayer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Readers come to Nancy Thayer novels for the idyllic Nantucket beaches and lifestyle, but they stay for the characters.\"--Mary Alice Monroe \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleanor Sunderland loves living on Nantucket in a gorgeous cliffside home that has been in her family for decades. Yet this year she can't help but feel a bit isolated, even as the island comes alive with summer travelers. Her best friend has skipped town, leaving Eleanor lonely and feeling nostalgic about her family's weekend trips to the island, made less frequently in the years since her husband's passing. Now her money-driven children complain and beg her to sell her beloved home for a steep payout. Hoping to kick the season off on a good note, Eleanor decides her seventieth birthday may be the perfect occasion for a much-needed reunion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFresh from her college graduation, Eleanor's granddaughter, Ari, has just ended an engagement. She longs for a change of scenery and to escape from her parents' snobbish expectations. Taking advantage of her newfound freedom, she heads to Nantucket to clear her head before graduate school, moving in with her grandmother and taking a job at the local beach camp. As she watches Eleanor begin to form a bond with an old acquaintance, Ari herself becomes smitten with a friend's charming older brother. But just as grandmother and granddaughter fall into a carefree routine, a few shocking discoveries throw them off course. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleanor and Ari learn to lean on each other through every new challenge they face in life and love, in this tale filled with Nancy Thayer's signature Nantucket magic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nancy Thayer's \u003ci\u003eFamily Reunion \u003c\/i\u003eis a wonderful slice of life.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Brenda Novak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Thayer\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including \u003ci\u003eGirls of Summer, Let It Snow, Surfside Sisters, A Nantucket Wedding, Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Island Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Kansas, Thayer has been a resident of Nantucket for thirty-five years, where she currently lives with her husband, Charley, and a precocious rescue cat named Callie.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496959349010,"sku":"9781524798802","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5e63805b-0992-4942-ab76-23652c85ebab.jpg?v=1730703393","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/family-reunion-9781524798802","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}