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"Usually understandable-occasionally compulsively so-Shreve's books are usually perfectly paced, emotionally resounding, and filled by unique people." -People In the age of 29, Sydney was already once widowed and once separated. Attempting to regain her footing, she's signed onto teacher the teen-age daughter of the well-to-do couple because they invest a sexy summer within their beachfront New Hampshire pad. Nevertheless when the Edwardses' two grown kids get to the beach-house, Sydney finds himself swept up in a web of sour sections and previous concerns. Whilst the friends compete for her affections, the delicate lifestyle Sydney has reconstructed is threatened.With the delicate humor, musical vocabulary, and amazing insight in to the human heart that's led her to be named "a writer at one with her métier" (Miami Herald), Shreve weaves a book about marriage, family, and the substantial bravery it requires to love."Shreve excels at nuance and depth.