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The summer that made us / Robyn Carr.
For the Hempsteads, two sisters who married two brothers and had three daughters each, summers were idyllic. The women would escape the city the moment school was out to gather at the family house on Lake Waseka. The lake was a magical place, a haven where they were happy and carefree. All of their problems drifted away as the days passed in sun-dappled contentment. Until the summer that changed everything. After an accidental drowning turned the lake house into a site of tragedy and grief, it was closed up. For good. Torn apart, none of the Hempstead women speak of what happened that summer, and relationships between them are uneasy at best to hurtful at worst. But in the face of new challenges, one woman is determined to draw her family together again, and the only way that can happen is to return to the lake and face the truth.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780778331049 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 330 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario : MIRA Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Drowning victims > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. |
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- 21 of 22 copies available at Sitka.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Elkford Public Library | FC CAR (Text) | 35170000418848 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bren Del Win Centennial Library | F Carr (Text) | 36320000342949 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC CAR (Text) | 35146002043156 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Creston Public Library | FIC CAR (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140100027468 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC CAR (Text) | 35136000520743 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort Nelson Public Library | FIC CAR (Text) | 35246000931665 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | Car (Text) | 32665002087494 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Pender Island Public Library | CAR (Text)
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33126000269435 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Portage la Prairie Regional Library | AF CAR (Text) | 3675000211215 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Squamish Public Library | F CAR (Text) | 33110003255815 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
For the Hempsteads, two sisters who married two brothers and had three daughters each, summers were idyllic. The women would escape the city the moment school was out to gather at the family house on Lake Waseka. The lake was a magical place, a haven where they were happy and carefree. All of their problems drifted away as the days passed in sun-dappled contentment. Until the summer that changed everything. After an accidental drowning turned the lake house into a site of tragedy and grief, it was closed up. For good. Torn apart, none of the Hempstead women speak of what happened that summer, and relationships between them are uneasy at best to hurtful at worst. But in the face of new challenges, one woman is determined to draw her family together again, and the only way that can happen is to return to the lake and face the truth.
