Beach, lake, pool, or backyard, it’s not July unless a stack of books sits next to you, waiting to be consumed. Take your pick of these page-turners from Bookends in Ridgewood.
Summer On the Bluffs
By Sunny Hostin
“Aspirational escapism at its best” (The New York Times) from Sunny Hostin, debut novelist and host of The View. The novel follows three women invited to Martha’s Vineyard by their godmother for one last summer. One will be gifted the home when she dies, making for a life-changing season for all.
The Last Thing He Told Me
By Laura Dave
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, The Last Thing, tells the story of a note Hannah Hall receives from her missing husband about his teenage daughter Bailey that simply reads “protect her.” The message sends Hannah and Bailey on a journey filled with dark secrets and a search for truth while putting together the pieces of his past.
Great Circle
By Maggie Shipstead
Rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian Graves and her brother move in with an uncle in Montana, and Marian begins a lifelong passion for flying. From the Prohibition to wartime London to current day Los Angeles, this is the story of Marian and Hadley Baxter, who would play her life in a film a century later. “A soaring work of historical fiction and a perfect summer novel” (The Washington Post).
The Last Flight
By Julie Clark
If a page-turning intense thriller appeals, The Last Flight will not disappoint. To escape her abusive high-profile husband, Claire meets a woman at the airport, and they decide to trade flights and lives. But when tragedy happens in the sky, Claire must assume a new identity and run for her life. “Thoroughly absorbing” (The New York Times).
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