New York Times bestselling author Nan
Rossiter transports readers to Cape Cod with a warm,
compelling story of family, new beginnings, and finding the
courage to love honestly and well...
The old Cape Cod house that Laney Coleman shares with her
minister husband Noah and their five boys is usually
brimming with cheerful chaos. There's nothing fancy about
the ancient kitchen or the wooden floors scuffed by the
constant parade of activity and the clicking claws of their
two Labrador retrievers. It's a place to savor the sea
breeze wafting through the windows, or sip coffee on the
porch before another hectic day begins. This summer, life
promises to be even busier than usual, because Noah's
younger brother, Micah, wants to hold his upcoming wedding
on their property.
Though thrilled that Micah has found happiness after past
heartache, Laney is apprehensive about having her home
turned upside down. She has other concerns too--her youngest
son is being bullied at school, and Noah's father is not the
robust patriarch he once was, in mind or body. As the bride
and groom's large, close-knit families gather, there will be
joyful celebration but also unexpected sorrows and
revelations, and a chance to store up a lifetime of memories
during the fleeting, precious days of summer...
Set against the beautiful backdrop of Cape
Cod, The Gin & Chowder Club is an eloquent, tender story of
friendship, longing, and the enduring power of love. . .
The friendship between the Coleman and Shepherd families is
as old and comfortable as the neighboring houses they occupy
each summer on Cape Cod. Samuel and Sarah Coleman love those
warm months by the water; the evenings spent on their porch,
enjoying gin and tonics, good conversation and homemade clam
chowder. Here they've watched their sons, Isaac and Asa,
grow into fine young men, and watched, too, as Nate
Shepherd, aching with grief at the loss of his first wife,
finally found love again with the much younger Noelle.
But beyond the surface of these idyllic gatherings, the
growing attraction between Noelle and handsome,
college-bound Asa threatens to upend everything. In spite of
her guilt and misgivings, Noelle is drawn into a reckless
secret affair with far-reaching consequences. And over the
course of one bittersweet, unforgettable summer, Asa will
learn more than he ever expected about love—the joys and
heartache it awakens in us, the lengths we'll go to keep it,
and the countless ways it can change our lives forever. .
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