That Summer in Maine - by Brianna Wolfson (Paperback)

About the Book

"Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man at a craft fair and each had a brief affair with him. For Jane it was a chance to bury her recent pain in raw passion and redirect her life. For Susie it was a fling that gave her troubled marriage a way forward. Now, sixteen years later, the family lives these women have made are suddenly upended when their teenage girls meet as strangers on social media. They concoct a plan to spend the summer in Maine with the man who is their biological father. Their determination puts them on a collision course with their mothers, who must finally meet and acknowledge their shared past and join forces as they risk losing their only daughters to a man they barely know."--Publisher description.

Book Synopsis

"Wolfson's writing is superb." --The Washington Post

A novel about mothers and daughters, about taking chances, about exploding secrets and testing the boundaries of family

Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man at a craft fair and each had a brief affair with him. For Jane it was a chance to bury her recent pain in raw passion and redirect her life. For Susie it was a fling that gave her troubled marriage a way forward.

Now, sixteen years later, the family lives these women have made are suddenly upended when their teenage girls meet as strangers on social media. They concoct a plan to spend the summer in Maine with the man who is their biological father. Their determination puts them on a collision course with their mothers, who must finally meet and acknowledge their shared past and join forces as they risk losing their only daughters to a man they barely know.

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR WOLFSON'S ROSIE COLORED GLASSES

AN INDIE NEXT PICK

"Wolfson's writing is superb. Without so much as dipping a toe into cliche territory, her heady descriptions of love will curl into readers' souls. With a simplistic elegance to her prose, the author delivers a treasure of a read."
--The Washington Post

"Wolfson takes the reader into the heart...[and] demonstrates the power and limitations of love and the ability of family to heal."
--Library Journal

"A moving debut whose hopeful message about love's transformative power will resonate with readers." --Publishers Weekly

"Behind the beautiful language, the idea that children see their parents through rose-colored glasses will resonate with readers beyond the last page."
-Booklist

"What a wonderful, emotional ride! It's like the Ordinary People of the 21st century...such an achievement!"
-ROBYN CARR, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Virgin River Series

"Brianna Wilson has done a marvelous thing. I followed Willow with a hopeful, breaking heart, reminded how all of us are different in so many ways, and yet so absolutely deserving of love."
-NANCY THAYER, New York Times bestselling author of A Nantucket Wedding

"A bittersweet, tender exploration of many kinds of love. This compelling novel, with unpredictable turns, reveals what love can save--and what it can't."
-HELEN KLEIN ROSS, award-winning author of The Latecomers

"Tender and bright, a compelling novel of a young girl (who completely owned my heart) and the mother she adores and fears and needs so badly. Brianna Wolfson has captured so brilliantly the demons and angels of mental illness, love and longing."
-LUANNE RICE, New York Times bestselling author of Last Day

"A brilliant debut exploring the highs and heartbreaking lows of love. Sparkling, insightful and honest, the Thorpe family's powerful story will stay in my thoughts for a long time."
-PHAEDRA PATRICK, author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

"Heartbreaking and beautiful all at once... a stained glass window pieced together from shards of broken family life that create an illuminated picture of what it means to survive one's childhood."
-BUNMI LADITAN, author of Confessions of a Domestic Failure

"A great debut ... Brianna Wolfson's Rosie Colored Glasses has a voice that is irresistible."
-J.P. MONNINGER, award winning author of The Map That Leads to You

"Rosie Colored Glasses begins with love, imagination and wonder, then slides into haunting loss and longing, but oh, how love remains and bursts forth to fill the story."
-CAROL FITZGERALD, Bookreporter