On Fire Island

<b><b>Dazzling...as funny as it is poignant nostalgic as it is sharp. --Carley Fortune <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Every Summer After</i> </b> <p/>A book editor spends one last summer on Fire Island in this sparkling and surprising new novel from the author of <i>A Shoe Story</i>.</b> <p/>As a book editor Julia Morse lived and breathed stories. Whether with her pen to a manuscript or curled up with a book while at her beloved Fire Island cottage her imagination alight with a good tale she could anticipate practically any ending. The ending she'd never imagined was her own. <p/>To be fair no one expects to die at thirty-seven. So when the unthinkable happens to Julia rather than following the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel she chooses to spend one last summer near those she loves most. <p/>As she follows her adoring novelist husband Ben to their--unexpectedly full--home on Fire Island she discovers the ripple affect her life has had on the trajectory of so many: her baseball loving young-at-heart neighbor who believes it's best not to go it alone two bright-eyed teenagers eager to become adults and her best friend who must shake off heartbreak for a new chance at love. <p/>With poignant comedy and insight <i>On Fire Island</i> is an ode to the stories all around us and to the brightest types of loves...for the people closest to you and the places that shape you.