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A Hundred Summers

A Hundred Summers

Author(s): Beatriz Williams

Location(s): Rhode Island

Genre(s): Historical, Romance

Era(s): 1930s

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The New York Times bestselling novel.

Rhode Island, 1938. A sweltering summer of secrets, passion and betrayal…

Lily Dane has returned to Seaview, Rhode Island, where her family have summered for generations. She’s hoping for an escape from the city and from her heartbreak, but when Budgie and Nick Greenwald – her now-married former best friend and former fiancé – show up, she soon finds herself sucked back in by Budgie’s glamorous and enticing influence.

As the summer progresses, Lily and Budgie renew their friendship against the looming spectre of war in Europe and the prospect of a cataclysmic hurricane. As uneasy secrets are revealed, an emotional storm threatens to destroy everything…

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A wonderful story set in the 1930s, a really evocative read of time and place.

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Author: tripfiction

It is 1932 and beautiful, wealthy, young student Lily Dane is taken by her friend, even-more-beautiful, wealthy Budgie Byrne to see Budgie’s boyfriend, Graham Pendleton, play football at Dartmouth. There she meets handsome, charming...

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