When a shocking family secret is revealed, twentysomething journalist Cat Coombs finds herself falling into a dark spiral. Wild, glamorous nights out in London and raging hangovers the next day become her norm, leading to a terrible mistake one night while visiting family in America, on the island of Nantucket. It's a mistake for which she can't forgive herself. When she returns home, she confronts the unavoidable reality of her life and knows it's time to grow up. But she doesn't know if she'll ever be able to earn the forgiveness of the people she hurt.
As the years pass, Cat grows into her forties, a struggling single mother, coping with a newfound sobriety, and determined to finally make amends. Traveling back to her past, to the family she left behind on Nantucket all those years ago, she may be able to earn their forgiveness, but in doing so she may risk losing the very people she loves the most.
Told with Jane Green's keen eye for detailing the emotional landscape of the heart, Summer Secrets is at once a compelling drama and a beautifully rendered portrait of relationships, betrayals, and forgiveness, about accepting the things we cannot change, finding the courage to change the things we can, and being strong enough to weather to storms.
As the years pass, Cat grows into her forties, a struggling single mother, coping with a newfound sobriety, and determined to finally make amends. Traveling back to her past, to the family she left behind on Nantucket all those years ago, she may be able to earn their forgiveness, but in doing so she may risk losing the very people she loves the most.
Told with Jane Green's keen eye for detailing the emotional landscape of the heart, Summer Secrets is at once a compelling drama and a beautifully rendered portrait of relationships, betrayals, and forgiveness, about accepting the things we cannot change, finding the courage to change the things we can, and being strong enough to weather to storms.
Summer Secrets focuses on alcohol addiction, and how the main character copes with her life mistakes through drinking and partying. And while Jane Green writes the story in connection to the main characters' family genes, alcohol addiction is one of the major issues globally. As our society progresses, organizations are raising awareness of this issue through social programs (such as AA meetings) are becoming accessible to people of all ages and classes.
I haven't had a lot of alcohol in awhile - the last time I got drunk was a few years ago with my cousins. I always have this desire to drink alcohol and get shitfaced, mostly because alcohol is famously known for making you forget things for awhile. And yeah, there are the health concerns, too. I don't know, I just want a bottle of champagne for my 19th birthday. Man, that sounds so sad, but it's true. I can't wait to turn 19.
I haven't had a lot of alcohol in awhile - the last time I got drunk was a few years ago with my cousins. I always have this desire to drink alcohol and get shitfaced, mostly because alcohol is famously known for making you forget things for awhile. And yeah, there are the health concerns, too. I don't know, I just want a bottle of champagne for my 19th birthday. Man, that sounds so sad, but it's true. I can't wait to turn 19.