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Wish You Were Here Wish You Were Here Stewart O'Nan "It's been a year since the death of her husband, Henry, and Emily Maxwell gathers her family in Lake Chautauqua in western New York for what will be their last vacation at their summer cottage befor… OL115932W
It's Not Summer Without You It's Not Summer Without You Jenny Han Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever. OL15640090W
Summer at Seaside Cove Summer at Seaside Cove Jacquie D'Alessandro After Janie Newman's half sister Laurel steals her boyfriend, Jamie leaves New York and the humiliation behind for the island of Seaside Cove, North Carolina. But the cozy cottage she booked turns ou… OL15671400W
A million miles from Boston A million miles from Boston Karen Day Rising seventh-grader Lucy plans on a perfect summer at the Maine lake where her family has owned a cottage for decades, but family of a classmate she dislikes has bought a home there and her widowed… OL15988001W
Cabin Cabin Lou Ureneck The account of a years spent building a small post-and-beam cabin in the hills of western Maine tells a deeper story about brotherly bonds, home and nature. It explores the satisfaction of building a… OL16495285W
The wedding day The wedding day Catherine Alliott Annie is the wrong side of 30. A single mother, she's escaped her first husband, & against all expectations - met her hero. David is a kind & gentle doctor with a private practice, & Annie has a blis… OL17745254W
The Girls of August The Girls of August Anne Rivers Siddons "Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week at the beach, renting a new house each year. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical schoo… OL19333022W
The whole thing together The whole thing together Ann Brashares [A] novel about love, class differences, and betrayal playing out over the course of a fractured American family's Long Island summer. Summer for Sasha and Ray means the sprawling old house on Long I… OL19712093W
Beach house happy Beach house happy Antonia Van der Meer "Beach people are not only 'house proud,' but they are irrevocably 'house happy.' With a unique attachment to their homes, coastal dwellers and their homes exude a certain warmth and beauty found now… OL19999350W
The summer cottage The summer cottage Susan Kietzman "Helen Street spent every summer of her childhood at her family's cedar-shake cottage on Long Island Sound. The youngest of four, she shared her mother Claire's athletic genes and relished the orches… OL20011648W
Saving the family cottage Saving the family cottage Stuart J. Hollander "Whether you're a parent planning to pass on a cottage to your children, someone who has inherited a cabin with your siblings or other relatives, or someone who is thinking about buying a vacation ho… OL20049895W
Beach house for rent Beach house for rent Mary Alice Monroe "Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer series, returns to her beloved Beach House series with the highly anticipated follow-up to Beach House Memories and The … OL20056005W
Barefoot at the lake Barefoot at the lake Bruce Fogle Every year, from the end of June to the end of August, Bruce and his family go to their cedar-clad cottage on the blue, wide lake on the edge of the wilderness. At first, the summer of 1954 seems lik… OL20854043W
The wildflowers The wildflowers Harriet Evans Tony and Althea Wilde. Glamorous, argumentative adulterous to the core. They were my parents, actors known by everyone. They gave our lives love and colour in a house by the sea - the house that shel… OL20861545W
Ski style Ski style Alexandra Black,Simon McBride 215 p. : 27 cm OL20979351W
Return to the beach house Return to the beach house Georgia Bockoven Over the course of one year, in a charming cottage by the sea, eight people will discover love and remembrance, reconciliation and reunion, beginnings and endings in this unforgettable sequel to The … OL22057970W
Up to the cottage Up to the cottage Grant D. Fairley Up to the Cottage - Memories of Muskoka is a warm and entertaining book on typical life in Muskoka when simple cottages had old screen doors and latches. It is a nostalgic and funny look back for all… OL24160195W
Adieu mon beau chalet Adieu mon beau chalet Louise Turcot Un roman miroir au cours duquel Arthur narre comment il a très mal pris la nouvelle de ses grands-parents qui décidèrent de vendre leur chalet. Très attaché à ce lieu qu'il fréquente depuis sa petite… OL24162788W
The bay at midnight The bay at midnight Diane Chamberlain Her family's cottage on the New Jersey shore was a place of freedom and innocence for Julie Bauer-until her seventeen-year-old sister, Isabel, was murdered.It's been more than forty years since that … OL2571790W
The Means The Means Amy Fusselman Mr. and Mrs. Means build their dream house. OL26443118W
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