Title: Summer Island
Subtitle: a novel
Description: Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. Now she is a famous talk show host. Her daughter Ruby is a struggling comedienne. The two haven’t spoken in more than a decade. Then a scandal from Nora’s past is exposed, and Ruby is offered a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. Reluctantly, she returns to the family house on Summer Island, a home filled with frayed memories of joy and heartache. Confronting a past that includes a never-forgotten love, a sick best friend, and a mother who has harbored terrible family secrets, Ruby finally begins to understand the complex ties that bind a mother and daughter—and the healing that comes with forgiveness.
Subjects: Biographers, Women comedians, Women comedians in fiction, Fiction, Biographers in fiction, Mothers and daughters in fiction, Extortion in fiction, Mothers and daughters, Domestic fiction, Extortion, Love stories, Mother-daughter relationship, Large type books, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2016-09-11, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, family life, Fiction, romance, contemporary, Mothers and daughters, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Washington (state), fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Mères et filles, Romans, nouvelles, Femmes comiques, Biographes, Livres en gros caractères, Large print books
Places: Los Angeles (Calif.), Washington (State)