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  • Grieving the loss of her husband Sydney has put her graduate studies on hold for the time being. She took a job tutoring Julie Edwards a beautiful but slow girl. Mr. Edwards (Julies father) touches Sydney's heart while Mr.s Edwards is cold & unwelcoming. Sydney falls in love w/one of the Edwards adu ... Continue

    Grieving the loss of her husband Sydney has put her graduate studies on hold for the time being. She took a job tutoring Julie Edwards a beautiful but slow girl. Mr. Edwards (Julies father) touches Sydney's heart while Mr.s Edwards is cold & unwelcoming. Sydney falls in love w/one of the Edwards adult sons. She chose the wrong son and ends up mending a broken heart. The story takes place in a New Hamshire house that is rich with past (Shreve often uses this house as a back drop in her stories) It's a beautiful of love, loss and a longing for family.

    

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At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and
once widowed. Trying to regain her footing once again, she
has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a wellto-
do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their
oceanfront New Hampshire cottage.
But when the Edwards' two grown sons, Ben and Jeff,
arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up
in a destructive web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As
the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence
Sydney has rebuilt for herself is threatened.
With the subtle wit, lyrical language, and brilliant
insight into the human heart that has led her to be called
"an author at one with her métier" (Miami Herald), Shreve
weaves a novel about marriage, family, and the supreme
courage that it takes to love.

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