{"product_id":"summer-people-9780312628277","title":"Summer People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Things get more twisted at every turn, with enough lies and betrayals to fuel a whole season of soap operas...readers will be hooked.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eon Elin Hilderbrand's \u003ci\u003eSummer People\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery summer the Newton family retreats to their beloved home on Nantucket for three months of sunshine, cookouts, and bonfires on the beach. But this summer will not be like any other. When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow, Beth, can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same time fulfill a promise that Arch made before he died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeth invites Marcus, the son of Arch's final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage twins, Winnie and Garrett, who have mixed reactions to sharing their special summer place with this stranger. Always a place of peace before, Nantucket becomes the scene of roiling emotions and turbulent passions as Marcus, Winnie, and Garrett learn about loss, first love, and betrayal. And when they stumble upon a shocking secret from Beth's past, they must keep it from destroying the family they've been trying so hard to heal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElin Hilderbrand\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Island\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNantucket Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Bistro\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a teaching\/writing fellow. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Colorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband, Chip Cunningham, and their two sons in Nantucket, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598653886738,"sku":"9780312628277","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44a256a0-fbd1-4481-af08-a4690b1ca88b.jpg?v=1732188812","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/summer-people-9780312628277","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}