All the Summers in Between
Brooke Lea Foster
East Hampton, Summer, 1967: Thea is twenty and living in a tiny house with her half sister and stepfather. Her summer job in a local record store helps pay the bills while she dreams of leaving her humdrum lifestyle. A lost dog puts Thea on the doorstep of the Lazure family. The Lazures are a New York City media darlings living in their summer mansion. Here she meets Margot, a petite livewire who has her own need to outgrow her lifestyle and her parents’ intolerance. Thea and Margot become fast friends and set out to have a great summer.
Margot tests the patience of her parents as she strives to make her own life. Thea tries to act as a steadying influence. They plan to drive across country to California that summer, but a shocking event throws their lives into chaos. Margot disappears one day, and Thea is left do deal with what happened and get on with her life. Flashforward to 1977: Thea is now married with a young daughter and living in a nice house overlooking a private cove. One day a yacht drops anchor in the cove. Margot is back after ten years–and in deep trouble. Her husband is wanted by the FBI and they want to question her. The years fall away, their friendship reignites, but it’ll never be the same. How far is Thea willing to go to help her old friend without losing all she holds dear?
All the Summers in Between is a great summer read that examines the nature of friendship, marriage and relationships in general. Thea and Margot are engaging characters with their own flaws and virtues and the hints of disaster to come makes it a real page-turner.
