Sailing Lessons: A Novel

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On the shores of Cape Cod, the Bailey sisters reunite with their long-lost father for a summer of hope and forgiveness in this heartfelt novel from the author of the sharp and evocative (Kirkus Reviews) Mystic Summer, The Lake Season, and The Summer House, sure to appeal to fans of Elin Hilderbrand (Booklist).

Wrenn Bailey has lived all her life on Cape Cod with her mother Lindy, older sister Shannon, and younger sister Piper. Growing up, life was dictated by the seasons with sleepy gray winters where only the locals stayed on, followed by the sharp influx and colorful bustle of summer tourists who swept up the elbow of the Cape and infiltrated their small paradise.

But it wasnt just the tourists who interrupted Wrenns formative years; her fatherbrilliant but troubled photographer Calebhas long made a habit of drifting in and out of his girls lives. Until the one summer he left the Cape and did not return again.

Now, almost twenty years later, Caleb has come back one last time, suffering from pancreatic cancer and seeking absolution. Wrenn and her sisters each respond differently to their fathers return, determined to find closure. But that means returning to the past and revisiting old woundswounds that cause the tightknit Bailey women to confront their own wishes and wants, and admit to their own wrong-doings over the years. In a place that brings both great comfort and great pain, the Bailey sisters experience a summer on the Cape that promises not only hard endings, but perhaps, hopeful new beginnings.

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33 of This Summer's Hottest Beach Reads * BookBub *
If you are a fan of sisterhood-themed beach reads by Nancy Thayer and Elin Hilderbrand, then McKinnons latest engaging standalone needs to go on your summer to-be-read list." * RT Book Reviews *

Author Bio

Hannah McKinnon is the author ofnine novels, including The Lake Season,Mystic Summer,The Summer House,Sailing Lessons, The View from Here, Message in the Sand, and The Darlings. She graduated from Connecticut College and the University of South Australia. She lives in Connecticut, with her family, a flock of chickens, and two raggedy rescue dogs.