For three months, this humble fishing village will serve as the playground for New York City's wealthy elite. For Beatrice Bordeaux, a college educated farm girl from rural Pennsylvania, her focus is reconnecting with her banker husband Harry. Instead, she'll be spending twelve weeks sequestered with other high society wives at The Montauk Manor-a two-hundred room seaside hotel-while her husband dallies in his "extra-curricular activities."
As Bea drifts further from the Manhattanites and towards Montauk's natural beauty and community spirit, she finds herself drawn to a man nothing like her husband. Finally able to feel her original self emerging, Bea is alive once again.. But those moments may be fleeting as fate conspires to tear her whole world apart.
A rich and decadent peek into prewar Manhattan society. Beautifully written with an expert eye for historical detail...the thought-provoking story of a woman with the courage to find her voice and inner strength. Heartbreaking and heartwarming.
-Karen White, bestselling author of The Night the Lights Went Out
You don't have to go to Montauk to enjoy the beach. In this lovely debut novel, Nicola Harrison brings the beach to you, along with its people, its mores, and its contradictions.
-Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
