That Last Carolina Summer
By (Author) Karen White
Thorndike Press
Thorndike
1st September 2025
Large Print Edition
United States
General
Fiction
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Hardback
This multi-generational story is layered with juicy family secrets. The perfect summer read." Jamie Brenner, bestselling author of A Novel Summer
Beloved bestselling author Karen White returns with a captivating new Southern drama about sisterhood, secrets and one womans reckoning with the past
As a child, Phoebe Manigault developed the gift of premonition after she was struck by lightning in the creek near her Charleston home. Plagued throughout her life by mysterious dreams, and always living in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Addie, Phoebe eventually moves to the West Coast, as far from her family as possible. Now, years later, she is summoned back to South Carolina, to help Addie care for their ailing mother.
As Phoebes return lures her back into deep-rooted tensions and conflicts, she is drawn to Celeste, whose granddaughter went missing years ago. Their connection brings comfort to Phoebe, while Celestes adult grandson Liam resurrects complicated emotions tied to Phoebes past.
But the longer Phoebe spends in her childhood home, the more her recurring nightmares intensifybringing her closer to the shocking truth that will irrevocably change everything. Unfolding against the lush backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry, That Last Carolina Summer is an unforgettable story about the unbreakable bonds of family and the gift of second chances.