New Release “The Edge of Summer”

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 You can order your copy here, online, stopping into the store, or by giving us a phone call. You won’t want to miss out on this mystery that takes place in Michigan. Get ready to be mesmerized by its twists and turns. Can’t make it into the bookstore but still want your book signed? Not a problem. We can take payment for your purchase, have it signed and then ship it to you!

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Bestselling author Viola Shipman delights with this captivating summertime escape set along the sparkling shores of Lake Michigan, where a woman searches for clues to her secretive mother’s past

Devastated by the sudden death of her mother–a quiet, loving and intensely private Southern seamstress called Miss Mabel, who overflowed with pearls of Ozarks wisdom but never spoke of her own family–Sutton Douglas makes the impulsive decision to pack up and head north to the Michigan resort town where she believes she’ll find answers to the lifelong questions she’s had about not only her mother’s past but also her own place in the world.

Recalling Miss Mabel’s sewing notions that were her childhood toys, Sutton buys a collection of buttons at an estate sale from Bonnie Lyons, the imposing matriarch of the lakeside community. Propelled by a handful of trinkets left behind by her mother and glimpses into the history of the magical lakeshore town, Sutton becomes tantalized by the possibility that Bonnie is the grandmother she never knew. But is she? As Sutton cautiously befriends Bonnie and is taken into her confidence, she begins to uncover the secrets about her family that Miss Mabel so carefully hid, and about the role that Sutton herself unwittingly played in it all.

“ The minute I finished The Clover Girls, I ordered copies for all my friends. It’s that good.” –Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author

Want more Viola Shipman?

We’re hosting an Author Event with Viola Shipman July 22nd at Bay Books. We’d love to have you join. There will be a discussion about one of the author’s previous books The Secret of Snow. If you can’t join us in person, look our for our Facebook live. It’s a great way to stay in the loop remotely.

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