Family Reunion: A Novel

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .A longtime Nantucket resident is trying to make the best of a lonely summer. Her spirited granddaughter is learning what she wants out of life. Unforgettable surprises await them both in this magical, multigenerational novel fromNancy Thayer. "Readers come to Nancy Thayer novels for the idyllic Nantucket beaches and lifestyle, but they stay for the characters."-Mary Alice Monroe Eleanor Sunderland loves living on Nantucket in a gorgeous cliffside home that has been in her family for decades. Yet this year she can't help but feel a bit isolated, even as the island comes alive with summer travelers. Her best friend has skipped town, leaving Eleanor lonely and feeling nostalgic about her family's weekend trips to the island, made less frequently in the years since her husband's passing. Now her money-driven children complain and beg her to sell her beloved home for a steep payout. Hoping to kick the season off on a good note, Eleanor decides her seventieth birthday may be the perfect occasion for a much-needed reunion. Fresh from her college graduation, Eleanor's granddaughter, Ari, has just ended an engagement. She longs for a change of scenery and to escape from her parents' snobbish expectations. Taking advantage of her newfound freedom, she heads to Nantucket to clear her head before graduate school, moving in with her grandmother and taking a job at the local beach camp. As she watches Eleanor begin to form a bond with an old acquaintance, Ari herself becomes smitten with a friend's charming older brother. But just as grandmother and granddaughter fall into a carefree routine, a few shocking discoveries throw them off course. Eleanor and Ari learn to lean on each other through every new challengethey face in life and love, in this tale filled with Nancy Thayer's signature Nantucket magic. "Nancy Thayer's Family Reunion is a wonderful slice of life."-New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak

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PRAISE FOR NANCY THAYER

Girls of Summer

Wholesome and hopelessly romantic.Kirkus Reviews

Surfside Sisters

Readers who appreciate a busy, uplifting tale of friendship and romance will enjoy spending time on Thayers Nantucket.Publishers Weekly

An engaging tale about how childhood expectations can be transformed on the journey through adulthood.Kirkus Reviews

A Nantucket Wedding

A delightful beach-town tale about family relationships and second chances.Kirkus Reviews

Thayers latest Nantucket confection does not disappoint.... A Nantucket Wedding is a Nancy Meyers film in book form and should be recommended accordingly.Booklist

Secrets in Summer

Infused with warmth and heartfelt, tender moments... Authentic, endearing characters will keep readers turning the pages.RT Book Reviews

This breezy tale is at once nostalgic and hopeful... filled with sweet moments of unlikely female connections.Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Girls of Summer, Let It Snow, Surfside Sisters, A Nantucket Wedding, Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, and Island Girls. Born in Kansas, Thayer has been a resident of Nantucket for thirty-five years, where she currently lives with her husband, Charley, and a precocious rescue cat named Callie.