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><br><br>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><br><br>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.<br><br>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.  <br><br>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.<br><br>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.