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The summer that made us  Cover Image Book Book

The summer that made us / Robyn Carr.

Carr, Robyn, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780778331049 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 330 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario : MIRA, [2017]
Subject: Sisters > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Women > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Stroud Branch FIC Carr 31681010067015 FICTION Checked out 08/07/2025

  • Baker & Taylor
    For the Hempsteads, two sisters who married two brothers and had three daughters each, summers were idyllic. The women would escape the city the moment school was out to gather at the family house on Lake Waseka. The lake was a magical place, a haven where they were happy and carefree. All of their problems drifted away as the days passed in sun-dappled contentment. Until the summer that changed everything. After an accidental drowning turned the lake house into a site of tragedy and grief, it was closedup. For good. Torn apart, none of the Hempstead women speak of what happened that summer, and relationships between them are uneasy at best to hurtful at worst. But in the face of new challenges, one woman is determined to draw her family together again,and the only way that can happen is to return to the lake and face the truth.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Returning to her childhood summer home to rebuild her life after losing her job, a television talk-show host is flooded with memories of the summers she spent with her sisters and cousins before a tragic event that they seem to remember quite differently. 15,000 first printing.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Returning to her childhood summer home after losing her job, a television talk show host determines to reunite her family years after a tragic event that they seem to remember quite differently.
  • Harlequin
    From the bestselling author of the hit Netflix series Virgin River!  

    They lived for summers at the family lake house until an accident changed everything. 

    That was then…

    For the Hempsteads, two sisters who married two brothers and had three daughters each, summers were idyllic. The women would escape the city the moment school was out to gather at the family house on Lake Waseka. It was a magical place, a haven where they were happy and carefree. All of their problems drifted away as the days passed in sun-dappled contentment. Until the summer that changed everything.

    This is now…

    After an accidental drowning turned the lake house into a site of tragedy and grief, it was closed up. For good. None of the Hempstead women speak of what happened that summer, and relationships between them are uneasy at best to hurtful at worst. But in the face of new challenges, one woman is determined to draw her family together again, and the only way that can happen is to return to the lake and face the truth.

    An unforgettable story about a family learning to accept the past, to forgive and to love each other again.

    Don't miss Robyn Carr's next uplifting novel, The Friendship Club, where four women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will leave them all forever changed—available January 2024!

    Look no further for even more great summer beach reads from Robyn Carr:
    • A Family Affair
    • Sunrise On Half Moon Bay
    • The View From Alameda Island
    • Never Too Late


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