Description: America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civil unrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Danespending the summer of her twenty-second year on Martha's Vineyardlife could not be safer nor the future more certain. Educated, engaged, and the youngest in a prominent family, Whitney has everything she and her father have ever wanted. But the arrival of Benjamin Blaine, an underprivileged yet fiercely ambitious and charismatic figure, awakens independence within Whitney. Deep-rooted family tensions come to a dangerous head, and soon Whitney's set-in-stone future becomes far from satisfactory and her picture-perfect family far from pretty.
Brief description:
Julia Whelan is a novelist, screenwriter, lifelong actor, and multiple award-winning audiobook narrator. She graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Middlebury College and Oxford University. She is a former child actor who has appeared in multiple films and television shows.
Review Quotes:
"Richard North Patterson has created a richly textured romance, deftly set amid the seismic social shifts of 1968."
-- "Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of Caleb's Crossing "