About this item
Return to Butternut Lake with New York Times bestselling author Mary McNear in a story where the complicated bonds of sisterhood are tested, long-kept secrets are revealed, and love is discovered ... all during one unforgettable summer at the lake.They are two sisters who couldnt be more different. Win organized and responsible, plans her life with care. Poppy impulsive and undependable, leaves others to pick up the pieces. But despite their differences, they share memories of the idyllic childhood summers they spent together on the shores of Butternut Lake. Now, thirteen years later, Win, recovering from a personal tragedy, has taken refuge on Butternut Lake, settling into a predictable and quiet life.Then, one night, Poppy unexpectedly shows up on her sisters doorstep with her suitcases, an aging cat named Sasquatch, and a mysterious man in tow. Although Win loves her beautiful sister, she wasnt expecting her to move in for the summer. At first, they relive the joys of Butternut Lake. But their blissful nostalgia soon gives way to conflict, and painful memories and buried secrets threaten to tear the sisters apart.As the waning days of summer get shorter, past secrets are revealed, new love is found, and the ties between the sisters are tested like never before ... all on the serene shores of Butternut Lake.
About the Author
Mary McNear is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Butternut Lake series. All three books in the Butternut Lake Trilogy are now available: Up at Butternut Lake, Butternut Summer, and Moonlight on Butternut Lake. Up at Butternut Lake was on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Butternut Summer was listed on the USA Today top 100 books in 2014. A novella, Butternut Lake: The Night Before Christmas, is available in paperback and ebook. Mary's fourth novel, The Space Between Sisters, was published in June 2016. Her fifth novel, The Light in Summer, is due out June 20, 2017.
Mary McNear lives in San Francisco with her husband, two children, and a high-strung minuscule white dog named Macaroon. She bases her Butternut Lake novels on a lifetime of summers spent in a small town on a lake in the northern Midwest.
