Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Emma Rosenblum’s BAD SUMMER PEOPLE, in which a picture-perfect couple’s summer vacation suddenly goes awry when a dead body turns up and exposes long-buried secrets between people who thought they knew each other.
Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating people to get what they want. Their husbands, Sam and Jason, have summered together on the island since childhood, despite lifelong grudges and numerous secrets. Their one single friend, Rachel Woolf, is looking to meet her match, whether he’s the tennis pro—or someone else’s husband. But even with plenty to gossip about, this season starts out as quietly as any other.
Until a body is discovered, face down, off the side of the boardwalk.
Stylish, subversive, and darkly comedic, this is a story of what’s lurking under the surface of picture-perfect lives in a place where everyone has something to hide.
“Rosenblum is a master of understated social satire, and her gift for capturing human follies and the dark, emotional depth of her characters through artfully rendered details make BAD SUMMER PEOPLE a seriously compulsive read. Rosenblum’s cheeky familiarity with Salcombe summer rituals–she grew up vacationing on Fire Island–add to this delightfully escapist melodrama, one that is perfect for fans of the television series White Lotus.”–Shelf Awareness
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BAD SUMMER PEOPLE by Emma Rosenblum; 9781250887009; 5/23/23
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