In the summer of 1967 two young women meet in the Hamptons. Margot, a daughter of privilege, is there for the summer. Thea, a full-time resident of the Hamptons, comes from a working-class background. Living with her younger sister and stepfather, her life couldn't be more different than Margot's. In spite of this, the two women become very close until one act of violence changes everything. It would be ten years before they would see each other again. The reason? Margot needs help from Thea. Why does Margot feel she can reappear in Thea's life after having vanished ten years ago with no explanation? Perhaps the bigger question is whether Thea will help her.
ALL THE SUMMERS IN BETWEEN, by Brooke Lea Foster, is told in dual timelines, 1967 and 1977. What readers learn about Margot comes from Thea. Thea knows that Margot lies to her and is less than trustworthy. Even Thea wonders why she puts up with it. Even so, a bond forms and they grow closer and closer. While the past plays heavily in the narrative, there is much in the present to examine. By 1977 Thea is a wife and mother and what Margot is asking of her can put her family in a compromising situation. Perhaps it is Thea's desire to be more than she is or the mystique Margot brings with her that leads Thea to consider helping her friend. Is it worth the risks?
The author has skillfully crafted a story that delves deeply into a friendship that may have seemed symbiotic. The story is thought-provoking in that it raises questions about friends and the obligations that people might assign or expect.
I found ALL THE SUMMERS IN BETWEEN to be an interesting and engrossing book.
“If you’re looking to dive into historical fiction this summer, look no further than” (Town&Country) the acclaimed author of Summer Darlings and On Gin Lane and her latest page-turning novel about two estranged friends whose unexpected reconnection in the Hamptons forces them to finally confront the terrible event that drove them apart.
When wealthy, impulsive summer girl Margot meets hardworking and steady local girl Thea in the summer of 1967, the unlikely pair become fast friends, working alongside one another in a record store and spending every spare moment together. But after an unspeakable incident on one devastating August night, they don’t see one another for ten years…until Margot suddenly reappears in Thea’s life, begging for help and harboring more than one dangerous secret. Thea can’t bring herself to refuse her beloved friend—but she also knows she can’t fully trust her either.
Unfulfilled as a housewife, Thea enjoys the dazzling sense of adventure Margot brings to her life, but will the truth of what happened to them that fateful summer ruin everything? Testing the boundaries of how far she’ll go for a friend, Thea is forced to reckon with her uncertain future while trying to decide if some friends are meant to remain in the past.
Set in the dual timelines of 1967 and 1977, All the Summers In Between is at once a mesmerizing portrait of a complex friendship, a delicious glimpse into a bygone Hamptons, and a powerful coming-of-age for two young women during a transformative era.
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