28 summers  <b>a "captivating and bittersweet" novel by the #1 <i>new york times</i> bestselling author of <i>summer of &apos;69</i>: their secret love affair has lasted for decades—but this could be the summer that changes everything (<i>people</i>).</b><br /><br /> when mallory blessing&apos;s son, link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he&apos;s not sure what to expect. but he certainly does not expect jake mccloud to answer. it&apos;s the late spring of 2020 and jake&apos;s wife, ursula degournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election.<br /><br /> there must be a mistake, link thinks. how do mallory and jake know each other?<br /><br /> flash back to the sweet summer of 1993: mallory has just inherited a beachfront cottage on nantucket from her aunt, and she agrees to host her brother&apos;s bachelor party. cooper&apos;s friend from college, jake mccloud, attends, and jake and mallory form a bond that will persevere—through marriage, children, and ursula&apos;s stratospheric political rise—until mallory learns she&apos;s dying.<br /><br /> based on the classic film <i>same time next year </i>(which mallory and jake watch every summer), <i>28 summers</i> explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.