Itโs a hot August Saturday on Nantucket Island. Over the course of the next 24 hours, two lives will be transformed forever.
Marguerite Beale, former chef of culinary hot spot Les Parapluies, has been out of the public eye for over a decade. This all changes with a phone call from Margueriteโs goddaughter, Renata Knox. Marguerite has not seen Renata since the death of Renataโs mother, Candace Harris Knox, fourteen years earlier. And now that Renata is on Nantucket visiting the family of her new fiancรฉ, she takes the opportunity, against her fatherโs wishes, to contact Marguerite in hopes of learning the story of her motherโs lifeโand death. But the events of the day spiral hopelessly out of control for both women, and nothing ends up as planned.
Welcome to The Love Seasonโa riveting story that takes place in one day and spans decades; a story that embraces the charming, pristine island of Nantucket, as well as Manhattan, Paris and Morocco. Elin Hilderbrandโs most ambitious novel to date chronicles the famous couplings of real lives: love and friendship, food and wine, deception and betrayalโand forgiveness and healing.
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