Enchanted August A Novel Author:Brenda Bowen Set on a picture-perfect island in Maine, a sparkling summer debut that offers readers a universal fantasy: one glorious month away from it all — — On a dreary spring day in Brooklyn, Lottie Wilkinson and Rose Arbuthnot spot an ad on their children?s preschool bulletin board: — — Hopewell Cottage — Little Lost Island, Maine. — Old, pretty cottage ... more »to rent on a small island.
Springwater, blueberries, sea glass.
August.
Neither can afford it, but they are smitten?Lottie could use a break from her overbearing husband and Rose from her relentless twins. On impulse, they decide to take the place and attract two others to share the steep rent: Caroline Dester, an indie movie star who?s getting over a very public humiliation, and elderly Beverly Fisher, who?s recovering from heartbreaking loss. If it?s not a perfect quartet, surely it will be fine for a month in the country.
When they arrive on the island, they are transformed by the salt air; the breathtaking views; the long, lazy days; and the happy routine of lobster, corn, and cocktails on the wraparound porch. By the time of the late-August blue moon, real life and its complications have finally fallen far, far away. For on this idyllic island they gradually begin to open up: to one another and to the possibilities of lives quite different from the ones they?ve been leading. Change can?t be that hard, can it?
With a cast of endearingly imperfect characters and set against the beauty of a gorgeous New England summer, Enchanted August brilliantly updates the beloved classic The Enchanted April in a novel of love and reawakening that is simply irresistible.« less
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