I read this book in Oct 2011. It has been sometime so here I'm sharing Goodreads summary of the story.
Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to regain her footing, she has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards's two grown sons, Ben and Jeff, arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up in a destructive web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence Sydney has rebuilt is threatened.
I read Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve before but wasn't impressed by it. I wondered why it appeared on Oprah's Book Club. Then I saw this title at my favorite discount bookstore and thought I gave the author another try and bought it. At pp 48 the story has yet to get me engaged. Fortunately I wrote too soon. Take back my words. It turned out that I enjoyed this book after the initial 48 pages. Much better than the Pilot's Wife. Shreve weaves a story about marriage, family, and the courage it takes to love.
The good experience from this read lead me to another Shreve's novel which now already added into my to read list. When to read is a different story.
