All Our Summers, Holly Chamberlin
All Our Summers, Holly Chamberlin
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All Our Summers

Author: Holly Chamberlin

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 13 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/30/2020

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

Against the picturesque coastal Maine setting that she evokes so well, bestselling author Holly Chamberlin
creates a heartfelt story of family bonds and new beginnings …

It came as no surprise to anyone in Yorktide when glamorous Carol Ascher fled the little Maine town for New York
City. While Carol found success as an interior designer, her younger sister, Bonnie, stayed behind, embracing marriage
and motherhood. She even agreed to take in Carol’s teenage daughter during a tumultuous patch. Now both their
girls are grown and Bonnie, recently widowed, is anticipating the day she’ll retire to Ferndean House, the nineteenthcentury family home on the rocky Maine coast.

But forty-five years after leaving Yorktide, Carol suddenly announces that she’s moving back—into Ferndean.
Bonnie is indignant. She’s the one who kept the homestead in order and tended to their dying mother. Now Carol
expects to simply buy her out? As far as Bonnie is concerned, Ferndean is part of their heritage—not just another of
Carol’s improvement projects, to be torn apart and remade according to her whim.

The entire Ascher family is in flux, uncovering secrets that upend their relationships. Carol’s longing to be welcomed
home is fueled by a painful truth she’s carried for years. It will take an extraordinary summer—in a remarkable place—
to lead these women back to each other, buoyed by the tides of friendship and forgiveness.

About Holly Chamberlin

Holly Chamberlin was born and raised in New York City. After earning a Master's degree in English Literature from New York University and working as an editor in the publishing industry for ten years, she moved to Boston, married and became a freelance editor and writer. She and her husband now live in downtown Portland, Maine, in a restored mid-nineteenth-century brick townhouse with Betty, the most athletic, beautiful and intelligent cat in the world.


Reviews

***AVAILABLE TODAY*** I feel badly about the not-so-great rating, but this was, unfortunately, a not-so-great novel. Y'all...this book has 141 chapters. Short, choppy chapters full of whiny, annoying, self-indulged characters who really liked to meet for tea. But when their family conversations became......more

Goodreads review by Carrie

All Our Summers by Holly Chamberlin is a contemporary family saga read that is told from multiple points of view as it follows the ladies of the Ascher family. Each of the members of the family is dealing with their own situations leading to a multi layered story. Bonnie and her sister Carol grew up......more

All Our Summers By Holly Chamberlin All Our Summers is a family saga about the Ascher family centered on sisters Carol who left for New York and Bonnie who stayed behind. Carol lived the life of luxury while Bonnie took care of the home and family. Chamberlin wrote the characters well who are going th......more

Goodreads review by Zoe

3.5 Stars! Nostalgic, tender, and optimistic! All Our Summers is a compelling, heartfelt tale that sweeps you away to Yorktide, Maine and immerses you into the lives of the Ascher family complete with all the heartbreak, secrets, smiles, tears, strength, loyalty, resentments, and compassion that surr......more