That Summer

Amazon.com Review\nAn Amazon Best Book of May 2021: With a title like That Summer and a cover resplendent with a beachy scene, readers may expect a light and fluffy summer read in Weiner’s latest. That Summer is not that book, and in this reader’s eyes, that is a very good thing. Daisy Shoemaker, devoted wife, mother, and keeper of house, starts receiving emails intended for a stranger named Diana with a very similar email address. While clearing up the confusion, Daisy and Diana arrange to meet up and they quickly become friends. Daisy is lonely: her husband, Hal, works long hours, treats her like a kept pet, and her 15-year old daughter is sullen and rebellious. But Diana is keeping a secret from her past, an event that caused her charmed life to spin out of control, and Daisy is an unknowing party in Diana’s revenge plan. That Summer is a powerful and insightful book about the #metoo movement, friendship and family, and the role of men and women. Even after years of bestsellers, Weiner’s ability to keep her books fresh and relevant speaks to her talent as a writer. —Sarah Gelman, Amazon Book Review\n'An ambitious, immersive novel from the author of In Her Shoes' Red Magazine\n'Engrossing' Sunday Mirror\n'If you have time for only one book this summer, pick this one' The New York Times
____________________________\nFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another timely and deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship.\nDaisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night?\nWhile Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction, she's also receiving misdirected emails meant for a woman named Diana Starling, whose email address is just one punctuation mark away from her own. While Daisy's driving carpools, Diana is chairing meetings. While Daisy's making dinner, Diana's making plans to reorganize corporations. Diana's glamorous, sophisticated, single-lady life is miles away from Daisy's simpler existence. When an apology leads to an invitation, the two women meet and become friends. But, as they get closer, we learn that their connection was not completely accidental. Who IS this other woman, and what does she want with Daisy?\nFrom the manicured Main Line of Philadelphia to the wild landscape of the Outer Cape, written with Jennifer Weiner's signature wit and sharp observations, That Summer is a story about surviving our pasts, confronting our futures, and the sustaining bonds of friendship.\n____________________________\nFind out why everyone's talking about Jennifer Weiner\n'You'll love this book and wish she was your friend' MINDY KALING\n'Fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave' CHERYL STRAYED\n'Like Helen Fielding, Weiner balances fresh humour, deft characterisations, and literary sensibility' THE GUARDIAN\n'Mrs Everything is like Beaches but with mothers and daughters and sisters. I may never recover' JILL GRUNEWALD\n'Generous and entertaining' Publishers Weekly\n'You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to read it again' TheSkimm\n'Blends humour and heartbreak to create an irresistible novel' Publishers Weekly\n'Weiner [is] a marvellously natural storyteller' Publishers Weekly\n'Jennifer Weiner has done it again. She has made me feel more emotions than I've felt in a long time' Goodreads reviewer\n'Beautifully written and heart-touching' Goodreads reviewer