02703cam a2200373 4500 387222515 TxAuBib 20190724120000.0 190308s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019007654 9781524798727 152479872X (OCoLC)1044554913 TxAuBib Thayer, Nancy. Surfside sisters / Nancy Thayer. First Edition. New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, [2019] ©2019. x, 304 pages ; 25 cm. A woman from Nantucket returns home to find that reunions aren't always so simple. Growing up, Lara always dreamed of leaving Nantucket to become a writer. Now that she's a bestselling novelist living in New York City, she realizes that success isn't what she thought it would be. Confused, and with a harrowing case of writer's block, Lara misses the island way of life more than ever. But going back to Nantucket out of the blue isn't so easy, as a deep rift with her childhood best friend, Isabelle, has kept the two from speaking for years. When her mother is laid off from her job and becomes depressed, Lara reluctantly comes home, leaving a failed relationship and hopefully her other troubles behind. But facing her estranged best friend is harder than she expects. And falling for Isabelle's brother, Sebastian--who was also Lara's teenage crush--only complicates things. Lara soon realizes that she must remedy the mistakes of her past in order to find true happiness. Growing up, Lara always dreamed of leaving Nantucket to become a writer. Now that she's a bestselling novelist living in New York City, she realizes that success isn't what she thought it would be. A deep rift with her childhood best friend, Isabelle, has kept the two from speaking for years. When her mother is laid off from her job and becomes depressed, Lara-- facing a case of writer's block-- reluctantly comes home, leaving a failed relationship and hopefully her other troubles behind. But falling for Isabelle's brother, Sebastian-- Lara's teenage crush-- only complicates things. 20190724. Female friendship Fiction. Women novelists Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Island life Fiction. Writer's block Fiction. First loves Fiction. Women Fiction. Nantucket Island (Mass) Fiction. Contemporary fiction.