Summer on Highland Beach: A Novel

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The Viewcohost, three-time Emmy Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author Sunny Hostin transports readers to the sun, sand, and sea of Highland Beach.

Highland Beach, along the Chesapeake Bay, was founded in the late 1800s by the son of Frederick Douglass and is the oldest Black resort community in America. Inside this proud and secluded beach community of about 100 private homes is Olivia Joness legacy.

But Olivas legacy comes with thornsintertwined are secrets of her aunts death; a controlling grandmother who is determined to crush anyone or anything that will interfere with her sons political career; and a father who wants to rebuild the family he rejected decades ago.

In the midst of tense family drama, Olivia must decide if she wants to return to the beautiful life shes created in Sag Harborwith the neighbors and wonderful man whove become central to her happinessor finally achieve her dream of having a family and home to call her own in Highland Beach.

In this awakening, spirited novel, Sunny Hostincelebrates family, friendship, and community and reminds us of the importance of the legacies of our collective past and finding ones way in the world.

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Hostin has penned another deliciously soapy beach read about elite Black beach communities . . . [the novel] touches on themes of mental health, family history, and the sometimes stifling reality of small-town living. Booklist Hostins debut novel is aspirational escapism at its best, balancing an idyllic setting and lush, evocative language with emotional heft and adroit social commentary Hostins story is a vast, intricate and ultimately rewarding one about love, family and self-fulfillment... In short, this book is summer incarnate. New York Times Book Review on Summer on the Bluffs A complicated, memorable tale of family, allegiances, secrets and summertime. Good Morning America on Summer on the Bluffs The Emmy Awardwinning lawyer and journalist invites readers to the exclusive Black beach community of Oak Bluffs, Marthas Vineyard, where the money is old, the secrets are deadly, and summer is more of a sport than a seasonThinkThe Undoingwith a hint of melanin, where everyones wearing $300 sandals. Essence on Summer on the Bluffs The highly anticipated summer must-read from the talented co-host ofThe Viewis finally here No one, including the reader, is prepared for the feelings and secrets exchanged in this novel about love, family, and the courage to make the hardest of decisions. Shondaland onSummer on the Bluffs This glorious piece of summer fiction takes us to Oak Bluffs, a slice of the island thats been home to the Black community elite for summers since the 1600s. Come for the ethereal setting and beautifully drawn characters, stay for the family dynamics, personal secrets and wisdom revealed. Boston Herald Emmy-winning co-host of The View, Sunny Hostin invites readers to Marthas Vineyard in her fiction debutwhat follows is a summer full of secrets that puts family ties to the ultimate test. Woman's World Bestselling author andThe Viewcohost Sunny Hostin has penned the ultimate beach read inSummer on the Bluffs. Popsugar "Summer on the Bluffs by the Emmy-award winning Sunny Hostin is a delicious, shimmering novel about the lives of Amelia Vaux Tanner and her three, grown-up godchildren. I was riveted by these fascinating, complicated women, and looked forward every day to opening Hostin's luminous novel and escaping, through its pages, to the golden dunes of Martha's Vineyard." Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters

Author Bio

Attorney and five-time Emmy Awardwinning, legal journalistSunny Hostinis a co-host of the ABC daytime talk showThe View. She is the author ofSummer on the Bluffsand Summer on Sag Harbor as well asI Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds.Hostin received her undergraduate degree in communications from Binghamton University and her law degree from Notre Dame Law School. A native of New York City, she lives with her husband and two children in Westchester County, New York.