The Arrivals

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The idyllic life of empty nesters Ginny and William Owens is shattered when all three of their adult children suddenly return home to stay - indefinitely. First, eldest daughter Lillian arrives with her two young children in tow, her once happy marriage in tatters. Next comes younger brother Stephen and his fiercely ambitious, BlackBerry-addicted and pregnant wife Jane, who is forced to extend a grudging weekend visit into a month's-long bed rest after an emergency dash to the local hospital. When their youngest, Rachel, appears, fleeing her difficult life in New York, Ginny and William find their once peaceful home transformed into the chaos of their child-rearing days. Only this time around, their children are facing adult problems. At summer's end, when a mother is faced with her worst fear, each one has learned their own lesson in love and loyalty, and what really matters. And the old adage, once a parent, always a parent has never rung so true.

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Meg Mitchell Moore worked for several years as a journalist for a variety of publications before turning to fiction. She lives in the beautiful coastal town of Newburyport, Mass., with her husband and their three daughters. The Islanders is her fifth novel.