The Summer Cottage by Viola Shipman
Adie Lou Kruger’s ex never understood her affection for what her parents called their Creaky Cottage, the charming, ramshackle summer home—complete with its own set of rules for relaxing—that she’s inherited on Lake Michigan. But despite the fact she’s facing a broken marriage and empty nest, and middle age is looming in the distance, memories of happy childhoods on the beach give her reason for hope. She’s determined not to let her husband’s affair with a grad student reduce her to a cliché, or to waste one more minute in a career she doesn’t love, so it becomes clear what Adie Lou must do: rebuild her life and restore her cottage shingle by shingle, on her terms.
But converting the beloved, weather-beaten structure into a bed-and-breakfast isn’t quite the efficient home-reno experience she’s seen on TV. Pushback from Saugatuck’s contentious preservation society, costly surprises and demanding guests were not part of the plan. But as the cottage comes back to life, Adie Lou does, too, finding support in unexpected places and a new love story on the horizon. One cottage rule at a time, Adie Lou reclaims her own strength, history and joy by rediscovering the magic in every sunset and sandcastle.
- File Name:the-summer-cottage-by-viola-shipman.epub
- Original Title:The Summer Cottage
- Creator:Viola Shipman
- Language:en-US
- Identifier:9781488036590
- Publisher:Graydon House Books
- Date:2019-02-21T14:54:17Z
- File Size:986.682 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. Back Cover Text
- 3. Praise
- 4. Booklist
- 5. Title Page
- 6. About the Author
- 7. Dedication
- 8. Contents
- 9. Quote
- 10. Prologue
- 11. Part One
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- 12. Part Two
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- 13. Part Three
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- 14. Part Four
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- 15. Part Five
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Seventeen
- 16. Part Six
- Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter Twenty
- Chapter Twenty-One
- 17. Part Seven
- Chapter Twenty-Two
- Chapter Twenty-Three
- Chapter Twenty-Four
- Chapter Twenty-Five
- 18. Part Eight
- Chapter Twenty-Six
- Chapter Twenty-Seven
- Chapter Twenty-Eight
- Chapter Twenty-Nine
- 19. Part Nine
- Chapter Thirty
- Chapter Thirty-One
- Chapter Thirty-Two
- Chapter Thirty-Three
- Chapter Thirty-Four
- 20. Part Ten
- Chapter Thirty-Five
- Chapter Thirty-Six
- Chapter Thirty-Seven
- Chapter Thirty-Eight
- 21. Part Eleven
- Chapter Thirty-Nine
- Chapter Forty
- Chapter Forty-One
- 22. Part Twelve
- Chapter Forty-Two
- Chapter Forty-Three
- Chapter Forty-Four
- 23. Part Thirteen
- Chapter Forty-Five
- Chapter Forty-Six
- Chapter Forty-Seven
- Epilogue
- 24. Acknowledgments
- 25. Author Note
- 26. Reader’s Guide
- Questions for Discussion
- 27. Excerpt from The Heirloom Garden by Viola Shipman
- 28. Copyright
Viola Shipman
