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THINGS TO DO WHEN IT'S RAINING
From bestselling author of Mating for Life comes two love stories in one, both connected to The Summers' Inn, a family run B&B perched at the edge of the St. Lawrence River. Reminiscent of The Notebook , Marissa Stapley brings us a story of love in all its incarnations, and family in all its forms
Orphaned as an infant, Mae Summers was raised by her grandparents, Lilly and George, at the seasonal inn they have operated together for nearly sixty years. The inn has always been to Mae both an idyll and a desolate symbol of what she has lost: not just her parents, but Gabe, the island-dwelling boy who was her companion as a child and her first love as a teenage girl, but then disappeared from her life without a trace.
Searching for happiness, Mae moved to New York, got engaged, and started a company. But deception and despair have brought her back home, and Gabe has also been pulled back to Alexandria Bay, by forces beyond his control. Hoping to find solace within the Summers' Inn, Mae instead finds her grandparents in the midst of decline and their past unravelling around her. Meanwhile, Gabe grapples with the legacy of an abusive father, and his feelings for Mae.
A lifetime of secrets stand in the way of this unconventional family's happiness. Will they be able to reclaim the past and come together, or will they remain separate islands? Populated with authentic characters and heartbreakingly real situations, this is a powerful story about guilt, forgiveness and the truth about families: that we can choose them, just as we choose to love.
Marissa Stapley is a former magazine editor and creative writing teacher who writes the commercial fiction review column Shelf Love for The Globe & Mail, and reports on books and culture for the Toronto Star. Her first novel, MATING FOR LIFE, was a Canadian bestseller and received enormous praise nationwide. She currently lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. THINGS TO DO WHEN IT'S RAINING is her second novel. She is at work on her next.
Searching for happiness, Mae moved to New York, got engaged, and started a company. But deception and despair have brought her back home, and Gabe has also been pulled back to Alexandria Bay, by forces beyond his control. Hoping to find solace within the Summers' Inn, Mae instead finds her grandparents in the midst of decline and their past unravelling around her. Meanwhile, Gabe grapples with the legacy of an abusive father, and his feelings for Mae.
A lifetime of secrets stand in the way of this unconventional family's happiness. Will they be able to reclaim the past and come together, or will they remain separate islands? Populated with authentic characters and heartbreakingly real situations, this is a powerful story about guilt, forgiveness and the truth about families: that we can choose them, just as we choose to love.
Marissa Stapley is a former magazine editor and creative writing teacher who writes the commercial fiction review column Shelf Love for The Globe & Mail, and reports on books and culture for the Toronto Star. Her first novel, MATING FOR LIFE, was a Canadian bestseller and received enormous praise nationwide. She currently lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. THINGS TO DO WHEN IT'S RAINING is her second novel. She is at work on her next.
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Published 2018-02-01 by Simon & Schuster Canada |