Archive for August 20th, 2010

Jane Milton’s beach hut, also known as ‘The Shack’ has been in her family for many generations, but when her husband dies and leaves her with huge debts, she knows she has no choice but to finally sell the hut and make a bit of money to live on. She’s worried about the reaction of her 3 sons, but more about leaving the glorious beaches of Everdene for good after one summer party.

As summer descends on Everdere once more, the residents of the huts flock to the beach for a few days peace, but some end up with more than ever bargained for. For Roy, the man who has helped look after the beach huts since he was a little lad, he’s extremely sad to hear that Jane might be leaving for good. Are a few beach goers going to get more than they bargained for this summer?

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Sara Shepard’s debut adult novel was released last year and her second adult novel Everything We Ever Wanted is due for release on 30th September. It sounds like an incredibly gripping read so I think I’ll definitely be on the look out for it. I also think the cover is actually pretty nice. Here’s the synopsis:

How do you choose between your family and your history? Emotional and compelling storytelling from Sara Shepard, author of All the Things We Didn’t Say. A late-night phone call on a Sunday evening rarely brings good news. So when Sylvie, a recently-widowed mother of two, receives a call from the head teacher of the school she’s on the board of, she knows it won’t be something she wants to hear. The school was founded by her grandfather, and she’s inherited everything he strived to build up - a reputation, a heritage, the school and the grand old family house. And with this inheritance comes responsibility. So when her son Scott is whispered to be involved in a scandal that led to the death of one of the boys he coaches at the school, it throws the family into chaos: Sylvie has to decide between her loyalty to the school that has been part of her family legacy for years and her son who she feels wants nothing to do with her. She starts spying on the dead boy’s father, making an unlikely connection. Sara Shepard’s compelling new novel tells how hard it can be to really, truly connect to people, how making quick, easy judgments can come back to haunt you, and how the life you always planned for - and always dreamed of - often doesn’t always turn out the way you imagined at all!