Celebrate the end of summer with any of these great reads:
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak (DBC20121)
As trees sway in the cool breeze, blue jays head south, and leaves change their colors, everyone knows–autumn is on its way!
Join a young girl as she takes a walk through forest and town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with every flower and creature and gust of wind, she says good-bye to summer and welcomes autumn.
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand (DB99851)
When Mallory Blessing is dying, she tells her son to contact Jake McCloud. Jake and Mallory have been keeping a secret for twenty-eight years: since they were both in the twenties, Jake has spent every Labor Day weekend with Mallory at her Nantucket home
Endless Summer by Elin Hilderbrand (DB111177)
In this dazzling collection, Elin Hilderbrand offers nine delicious stories—prequels, sequels, and “missing chapters” from her cherished books—some of which have never been published, until now. Inside the collection, you’ll find: Three years after Mallory Blessing’s death (in 28 Summers), her friends gather for another eventful Labor Day celebration on Nantucket in “The Sixth Wedding.” The marriage at the heart of Beautiful Day enters uncertain territory when Margot Carmichael encourages her husband to reunite with his ex-girlfriend in “The Surfing Lesson.” In “The Tailgate” the weekend of a Harvard/Yale football game recharts the course of “Matchmaker” Dabney Kimball’s first—and abiding—true love. In “Summer of ’79,” the three Levin sisters reunite after a decade after the summer that changed everything. And more. With a foreword by Elin Hilderbrand about the writer’s reluctance to leave treasured characters behind and a prefatory, “behind-the-scenes” note included with each story, this book answers the prayers of both new and seasoned readers everywhere who, like the Kirkus reviewer, “would rather be living in an Elin Hilderbrand novel.”
Labor Day by Joyce Maynard (DB78426)
New Hampshire. Thirteen-year-old Henry and his depressed, divorced mother Adele meet Frank, an injured escaped convict, in a discount store and bring him home to hide. The three create a happy family for six days and plan to flee to Canada, but Henry betrays them.
The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton (DB99837)
1935. Three women, Cuban Mirta Perez, businesswoman Elizabeth Preston, and Key West resident Helen Berner, must confront the status of their lives as a hurricane bears down on the island over Labor Day weekend. As their paths cross, they seek answers to their futures.
September by Rosamunde Pilcher (DB31023)
It is May, and Verena and Angus Steynton, newcomers to Strathcroy, are planning to have a party in September to celebrate the twenty-first birthday of their daughter Katy. September is such a lovely time of the year in Scotland, and it will be a great time for a party. As plans progress from May to September and invitations are mailed, many crises arise along with the potential for acts of murder and adultery.
The September House by Carissa Orlando (DB116597)
A thrilling psychological horror debut about a woman who is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes haunted, no matter the cost… You can survive anything. That’s what Margaret tells herself when the walls of her house start to drip blood every September. She’s learned how to live with it…and the other terrifying apparitions that have made the sprawling Victorian house she and her husband bought four years ago turn from a dream home into a living nightmare. But she can outlast all of it. Hal felt differently, though. Her husband couldn’t take the hauntings anymore, and he left. But now he’s not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine arrives, intent on looking for her missing father, convinced something grim has happened to him. With every desperate attempt Katherine makes at finding Hal, the hauntings at the September House grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.
The Boy in the Field by Margot Livesey (DB100990)
One September afternoon in 1999, teenagers Matthew, Zoe, and Duncan Lang are walking home from school when they discover a boy lying in a field, bloody and unconscious. Thanks to their intervention, the boy’s life is saved. In the aftermath, all three siblings are irrevocably changed.
Cape May by Chip Cheek (DB94987)
Newlyweds Effie and Henry arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, in late September for their honeymoon but are surprised by the near-deserted town. They decide to cut their trip short, but before they leave they meet glamorous socialite Clara and playboy Max, who draw them into decadent adventures.
The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin (DB99848)
Cecily is on the verge of calling an ex-boyfriend when Grant, a stranger at the next barstool, tells her not to do it. She instead spends the evening drinking and talking with Grant. The pair are growing close when Grant goes missing during the chaos of 9/11.
