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Book SynopsisIn Colleen French''s heartfelt summer read, a Delaware oceanside cottage is the perfect setting for a season of surprising lessons about how much there is to gain--when you finally let go...In the last two years, English professor Ellen Tolliver has weathered heartache with grace--including an unwelcome divorce and losing her parents. In her more honest moments, Ellen might admit that she''s sick of loss. She longs to stretch and grow, to truly fill her days. Maybe this year, she''ll have something to recount in her Christmas letter other than her son''s travel adventures. Maybe she''ll be too busy to even write a Christmas letter.
On impulse, Ellen invites her ailing best friend, Lara, to spend the summer with her at the Delaware beach house she inherited from her parents. Lara can relax on the big front porch after chemo while Ellen readies the house for sale. But Lara has plans too--she''d like to help Ellen discover who she is, or better yet, who she can
