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ON GIN LANE
From the author of Summer Darlings, another page-turning historical novel about a debutante whose entire future is called into question after her fiancé's Hamptons hotel mysteriously burns down during its opening weekend in the summer of 1957.
Everleigh "Lee" Farrows is a young Manhattan socialite who thinks she has life all figured out: a handsome fiancé named Roland, a trust in her name, and a house in Bronxville waiting for her to fill it with three children. That is, until Roland brings her out to the Hamptons for the summer of 1957, a summer that will change everything.
Most women could only dream of the engagement present Roland bestows on Lee - a brand new beachside hotel bearing her name - but Lee's shock and delight is clouded by unpleasant memories of another hotel, the Plaza, where she was forced to grow up in the shadow of her mother's mental illness. Shaking off the flashbacks, Lee resolves to dive into summer with poolside Bellinis, daily tennis matches, luncheons with her Manhattan circle, and her beloved Nikon S2 in tow. But when tragedy strikes on the hotel's opening night - a night filled with toasts, celebrity guests, and the promise of an unforgettable summer - Southampton erupts into chaos, and her and Roland's entire future together is called into question. For the first time in her sheltered life, Lee must look beyond money, beyond society's expectations, and through the lens of her camera, to determine whether being a supportive wife and mother will ever truly be enough for her.
From the regal inns to the farmland, the well-heeled New Yorkers to the Bohemian artists, the East End of Long Island is a hodge-podge of the changing American landscape in the late 50s - and the perfect place for Lee to discover who she really is.
Brooke Lea Foster is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, and HuffPost, among others, and is the author of three nonfiction books. Foster is also an alumna of The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College.
Most women could only dream of the engagement present Roland bestows on Lee - a brand new beachside hotel bearing her name - but Lee's shock and delight is clouded by unpleasant memories of another hotel, the Plaza, where she was forced to grow up in the shadow of her mother's mental illness. Shaking off the flashbacks, Lee resolves to dive into summer with poolside Bellinis, daily tennis matches, luncheons with her Manhattan circle, and her beloved Nikon S2 in tow. But when tragedy strikes on the hotel's opening night - a night filled with toasts, celebrity guests, and the promise of an unforgettable summer - Southampton erupts into chaos, and her and Roland's entire future together is called into question. For the first time in her sheltered life, Lee must look beyond money, beyond society's expectations, and through the lens of her camera, to determine whether being a supportive wife and mother will ever truly be enough for her.
From the regal inns to the farmland, the well-heeled New Yorkers to the Bohemian artists, the East End of Long Island is a hodge-podge of the changing American landscape in the late 50s - and the perfect place for Lee to discover who she really is.
Brooke Lea Foster is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, and HuffPost, among others, and is the author of three nonfiction books. Foster is also an alumna of The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College.
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Published 2022-06-07 by Gallery |