That Summer

Jennifer Weiner

'An ambitious immersive novel from the author of In Her Shoes' Red Magazine

'Engrossing' Sunday Mirror

'If you have time for only one book this summer pick this one' The New York Times
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From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another timely and deliciously twisty novel of intrigue secrets and the transformative power of female friendship.

Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business full schedule of volunteer work and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful her husband can be distant her work can feel trivial and she has lots of acquaintances but no real friends. Still Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night?

While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction she's also receiving misdirected emails meant for a woman named Diana Starling whose email address is just one punctuation mark away from her own. While Daisy's driving carpools Diana is chairing meetings. While Daisy's making dinner Diana's making plans to reorganize corporations. Diana's glamorous sophisticated single-lady life is miles away from Daisy's simpler existence. When an apology leads to an invitation the two women meet and become friends. But as they get closer we learn that their connection was not completely accidental. Who IS this other woman and what does she want with Daisy?

From the manicured Main Line of Philadelphia to the wild landscape of the Outer Cape written with Jennifer Weiner's signature wit and sharp observations That Summer is a story about surviving our pasts confronting our futures and the sustaining bonds of friendship.

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Find out why everyone's talking about Jennifer Weiner

'You'll love this book and wish she was your friend' MINDY KALING

'Fiercely funny powerfully smart and remarkably brave' CHERYL STRAYED

'Like Helen Fielding Weiner balances fresh humour deft characterisations and literary sensibility' THE GUARDIAN

'Mrs Everything is like Beaches but with mothers and daughters and sisters. I may never recover' JILL GRUNEWALD

'Generous and entertaining' Publishers Weekly

'You'll laugh you'll cry you'll want to read it again' TheSkimm

'Blends humour and heartbreak to create an irresistible novel' Publishers Weekly

'Weiner [is] a marvellously natural storyteller' Publishers Weekly

'Jennifer Weiner has done it again. She has made me feel more emotions than I've felt in a long time' Goodreads reviewer

'Beautifully written and heart-touching' Goodreads reviewer

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