The Second Home

The Second Home
Christina Clancy
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h208 x 135mm - 400pg
5 Jul 2021 US
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9781250239624
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Tender and compassionate, incisive and heartbreaking, Christina Clancy' s The Second Home is the story of a family you' ll quickly fall in love with, and won' t soon forget. After a disastrous summer spent at her family summer home on Cape Cod, seventeen-year-old Ann Gordon was left with a secret that changed her life forever, and created a rift between her sister, Poppy, and their adopted brother, Michael. Now, fifteen years later, her parents have died, leaving Ann and Poppy to decide the fate of the Wellfleet home that' s been in the Gordon family for generations. For Ann, the once-beloved house is tainted with bad memories. Poppy loves the old saltbox, but after years spent chasing waves around the world, she isn' t sure she knows how to stay in one place. Just when the sisters decide to sell, Michael re-enters their lives with a legitimate claim to the house. But more than that, he wants to set the record straight about that long ago summer. Reunited after years apart, these very different siblings must decide if they can continue to be a family--and the house just might be the glue that holds them together. Told through the shifting perspectives of Ann, Poppy, and Michael, this assured and affecting debut captures the ache of nostalgia for summers past and the powerful draw of the places we return to again and again. It is about second homes, second families, and second chances. Christina Clancy writes with warmth, wit, and wisdom about fantastically human characters. A novel of family and place and belonging. --Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Great BelieversChristina Clancy writes with empathy and rich detail. . . Tender and suspenseful, Clancy' s debut explores the nature of home as well as the nature of family itself--given and chosen. -- Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists
Praise for The Second Home: Christina Clancy writes with warmth, wit, and wisdom about fantastically human characters. A novel of family and place and belonging for fans of Ann Packer and J. Courtney Sullivan. --Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Great BelieversI gobbled The Second Home in a matter of days, fully invested in the history, hurt, and hopes of this very human family. Christina Clancy writes with empathy and rich detail: to read about the Gordons is to smell the pine and oak of Wellfleet, to tread the well-worn rooms of their eccentric summer home, and to learn all sides of the explosive rift that sent them hurtling in different directions. Tender and suspenseful, Clancy' s debut explores the nature of home as well as the nature of family itself--given and chosen. --Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The ImmortalistsA sure-footed ode to the strength of family, the depth of loss, and the power of forgiveness. --J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times best-selling author, Kitchens of the Great Midwest "The Second Home shows us how families are knit together and how they unravel; how a place--a geography, a house--can act as the repository for our best and most important memories. And that even the most damaged past can be reclaimed, a hard-won wisdom that shines through on every page. " --Jean Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of The Year We Left HomeClancy imagines her complicated characters with such empathy and precision that every questionable choice, every mistake, feels like the only option. The Second Home is a big, sprawling, smart, beautiful story about love and betrayal, home and family, and the foundations of forgiveness. --Lauren Fox, author of Days of Awe, Friends Like Us, and Still Life With HusbandChristina Clancy writes with an arresting vividness and a nuanced understanding of her characters, who are buffeted by a storm of conflicting desires. A poignant but also very entertaining novel--full of startling detail, humor, and above all, an abiding sympathy for its beautifully drawn characters. --Christine Sneed, author of Little Known FactsThis deeply moving and heartfelt book explores what makes a home - and how homes make us. It' s deftly plotted, sensuously told, and incredibly smart about the secrets that pull families apart and the love that knits them back together. --Liam Callanan, author of Paris by the Book. "Every Wellfleet sand dune, every breeze and beach and pond, came alive for me in this beautiful, heartbreaking debut about a Milwaukee family' s complicated history with their summer home. Christina Clancy' s characters are so real and flawed, so caught between the darkness and the light, that they step right off the page, and you won' t rest until you know what becomes of them. " --Meg Mitchell Moore, author of The Admissions and The Islanders "From the first pages of The Second Home, it' s abundantly clear that Christina Clancy has an abiding love for outer Cape Cod, which she conjures in all its bluster and beauty. But as this compelling novel progresses, it also becomes obvious that Clancy has a keen awareness of how secrets can tear apart even the closest of families. Drawn in by the exquisitely-rendered setting, I was riveted by this stirring, family drama. --Karen Dukess, author of The Last Book Party Warm, absorbing and thought-provoking. . . -- Shelf Awareness A riveting family saga that fans of J. Courtney Sullivan, Cristina Alger, and Maria De Los Santos will devour, Clancy' s debut novel is a delight. With nostalgia as thick as the scent of coconut-scented sunscreen, The Second Home explores the consequences of emotional decisions and the strength needed to set things right. --Booklist (starred review) Transporting. . . Clancy' s beach-ready debut is sure to be a favorite with book clubs. -- Publisher' s Weekly
Christina Clancy' s work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Sun Magazine and in various literary journals, including Glimmer Train, Pleiades and Hobart. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Second Home is her first novel.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781250239624
Published: 5 Jul 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Saint Martin's Griffin (US)
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 208mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 400

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