The Summer Wives

In Beatriz Williams' captivating novel, set against the backdrop of postwar New England, seventeen-year-old Miranda Schuyler enters the exclusive world of Winthrop Island in 1951, grappling with her father's death and her new stepfamily's elite status. As Miranda navigates the complexities of upper-class life and forms an unexpected bond with Joseph Vargas, a local from a working-class background, dark secrets lie beneath the island's polished surface. Nearly two decades later, returning in 1969 as a celebrated actress, Miranda uncovers a tragic past entwined with murder and loyalty that threatens to unravel the fabric of the community she left behind. Driven by a quest for justice, she confronts the legacies that have shaped her and Winthrop Island itself.