Can’t Wait Wednesday #143: Our Last Vineyard Summer by Brooke Lea Foster

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #143 pick.  Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf (opens in a new window).

From The Publisher:

After suffering through her first year of graduate school at Columbia following her senator father’s death, Betsy Whiting is hoping to spend the summer with her boyfriend…and hopefully end the summer as his fiancée. Instead, her mother—a longtime feminist and leader in the women’s movement—calls Betsy and her sisters back home to Martha’s Vineyard, announcing that they need to sell their beloved summer house to pay off their father’s debts.

When Betsy arrives on the island a week later, she must reckon with her strained familial relationships, a long-ago forbidden romance, and the complicated legacy of her parents, who divided the family even as they did good for the world.

Following a dual timeline between 1965 and 1978, and filled with the vibrant, sunlit nostalgia of the cherished New England vacation setting, Our Last Vineyard Summer poignantly captures two generations of women navigating love, loss, and womanhood while trying to find the courage to stand up for what they believe in—and the strength to decide if the home they once loved is worth saving.

Why I Can’t Wait to Read Our Last Vineyard Summer:

I love reading books that are set in the 1960’s and 1970’s particularly those set during a beach vacation. The synopsis for this book has me intrigued and I can’t wait to read more about this family.

Other Recent Picks for Can’t Wait Wednesday:

Can’t Wait Wednesday #142: The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani

Can’t Wait Wednesday #141: Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler

Can’t Wait Wednesday #140: Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

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What is a book that you Can’t Wait to read? Let me know in the comments!