{"product_id":"summer-darlings-9781982115036","title":"Summer Darlings","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Filled with 1960s nostalgia and a host of deftly drawn characters\" (Ren?e Rosen, author of \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePark Avenue Summer\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eSummer Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e pulls back the curtain on one mysterious and wealthy family as seen through the eyes of their nanny--a college student who, while falling in love on Martha's Vineyard, is also forced to reckon with the dark side of privilege.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1962, coed Heddy Winsome leaves her hardscrabble Irish Brooklyn neighborhood behind and ferries to glamorous Martha's Vineyard to nanny for one of the wealthiest families on the island. But as she grows enamored with the alluring and seemingly perfect young couple and chases after their two mischievous children, Heddy discovers that her academic scholarship at Wellesley has been revoked, putting her entire future at risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetermined to find her place in the couple's wealthy social circles, Heddy nurtures a romance with the hip surfer down the beach while wondering if the better man for her might be a quiet, studious college boy instead. But no one she meets on the summer island--socialite, starlet, or housekeeper--is as picture-perfect as they seem, and she quickly learns that the right last name and a house in a tony zip code may guarantee privilege, but that rarely equals happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraised as \"a perfect summer book packed with posh people, glamor, mystery, and one clever, brave, young nanny\" by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Nancy Thayer, \u003ci\u003eSummer Darlings \u003c\/i\u003epromises entrance to a rarefied world, for anyone who enjoyed \u003ci\u003eTigers in Red Weather \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Wives.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrooke Lea Foster is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. An alumna of The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, she is the author of three nonfiction books and the novels \u003ci\u003eSummer Darlings \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e On Gin Lane\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697265021202,"sku":"9781982115036","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_36a5c299-f4de-4ed5-b6d4-6e2df821e2e2.jpg?v=1734297750","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/summer-darlings-9781982115036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}