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âEuro²Beautifully written and closely observed, <i>The Summer Cottage</i> captures the deep and complicated love of family. Reading this lovely novel, I felt the embrace of summer on the shoreline."--Luanne Rice,<i><i>New York Times</i> </i>bestselling author<i><br><br>Spanning two summers decades apart, Susan KietzmanâEuros poignant new novel explores the complexities of the peopleâEuro"and placesâEuro"that shape our livesâEuro¦</i><br><br>Helen Street spent every summer of her childhood at her familyâEuros cedar-shake cottage on Long Island Sound. The youngest of four, she shared her mother ClaireâEuros athletic genes and relished the orchestrated games and competitions that filled those warm, endless days. Unlike her older siblingsâEuro"fiery Charlotte, ambitious Thomas, middle-child PammyâEuro"Helen rarely felt the pressure of her motherâEuros high expectations.<br><br>Thirty years later, with her brother and sisters scattered, Helen is the sole caregiver for Claire, now terminally ill. Knowing her death is imminent, Claire has put Helen in the awkward position of telling the others that she plans on leaving everything, including the cottage, to Helen when she diesâEuro"unless everyone comes to the shore for a long weekend over the Fourth of July. During this time together, Helen, Charlotte, Pammy, and Thomas will revisit their long-ago decisions and assumptions. And they will face new choices that could shatter their fragile kinshipâEuro"or reveal a familyâEuros extraordinary power to remember, to forgive, and to growâEuro¦<br><br><b>Praise for the novels of Susan Kietzman</b><br><br>âEuro²Readers will find themselves drawn into the tragedies and triumphs of this fictional familyâEuro"distinct and yet utterly relatable."<br>âEuro"<i>Hartford Books Examiner </i>on<i> The Good Life</i><br><i></i><br>âEuro²This book gives a great view of a typical marriageâEuro¦the storyline is realistic, and one all readers can relate to, married or not."<br>--<i>RT Book Reviews</i> on <i>A Changing Marriage</i>