The Summer Cottage

Locations
Call Number: Fiction / Shipman, Viola, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	Due 05-25-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024

Includes an excerpt from The heirloom garden.
"Adie Lou Kruger's ex never understood her affection for what her parents called their Cozy Cottage, the charming, ramshackle summer home--complete with its own set of rules for relaxing--that she's inherited on Lake Michigan. But despite the fact she's facing a broken marriage and empty nest, and middle age is looming in the distance, memories of happy childhoods on the beach give her reason for hope. She's determined not to let her husband's affair with a grad student reduce her to a cliché, or to waste one more minute in a career she doesn't love, so it becomes clear what Adie Lou must do: rebuild her life and restore her cottage shingle by shingle, on her terms.But converting the beloved, weather-beaten structure into a bed-and-breakfast isn't quite the efficient home-reno experience she's seen on TV. Pushback from Saugatuck's contentious preservation society, costly surprises and demanding guests were not part of the plan. But as the cottage comes back to life, Adie Lou does, too, finding support in unexpected places and a new love story on the horizon. One cottage rule at a time, Adie Lou reclaims her own strength, history and joy by rediscovering the magic in every sunset and sandcastle"--Provided by publisher.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Moving submitted by Beatlesfan04 on July 30, 2022, 11:58am Viola ha a way with words and life lessons that will capture you. The scenes of Michigan beach life and nature give you the dose of summer you’ll want when you can’t be at the beach.