| Description |
378, 4 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes discussion questions. |
| Summary |
"On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She ascends to the Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi is granted three "nudges" to change the outcome of events on Earth, and--with her daughter Willa on her third miscarriage, daughter Carson partying until all hours, and son Leo currently "off again" with his high-maintenance girlfriend--she'll have to think carefully where to use them. From the Beyond, Vivi watches "The Chief" Ed Kapenash investigate her death, but her greatest worry is her final book, which contains a secret from her youth that could destroy her reputation. But when hidden truths come to light, Vivi's family will have to sort out their past and present mistakes--with or without a nudge of help from above--while Vivi finally lets them grow without her."--Back cover. |
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Women authors -- Death -- Fiction.
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Future life -- Fiction.
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Hit-and-run drivers -- Fiction.
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Mother and child -- Fiction.
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Secrecy -- Fiction.
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Future life. |
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Hit-and-run drivers. |
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Mother and child. |
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Secrecy. |
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Nantucket (Mass.) -- Fiction.
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Massachusetts -- Nantucket. |
| Genre |
Domestic fiction.
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Fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780316420075 |
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0316420077 |
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