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The Lost Summers of Newport
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But the deceptively demure Ellen has her own checkered past, and sheβs hiding in plain sight at Sprague Hall. 1958: Lucia βLuckyβ Sprague has always felt like an outsider at Sprague Hall.
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The New York Times Bestseller
"An engrossing and sumptuous tale, this novel is a fantastic spring read." β Good Morning America
From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White comes a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day.
βThree stories elegantly intertwine in this clever and stylish tale of murder and family lies...This crackerjack novel offers three mysteries for the price of one.β β Publishers Weekly (starred review)
2019: Andie Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of Mansion Makeover, a popular reality show about restoring Americaβs most lavish historic houses. Andie has high hopes for her latest project: the once glorious but gently crumbling Sprague Hall in Newport, Rhode Island, a summer resort of Americaβs gilded classβfamous for the lavish βsummer cottagesβ of Vanderbilts and Belmonts. But Andie runs into trouble: the reclusive heiress who still lives in the mansion, Lucia βLuckyβ Sprague, will only allow the show to go forward on two conditions: One, nobody speaks to her. Two, nobody touches the mansionβs ruined boathouse.
1899: Ellen Daniels has been hired to give singing lessons to Miss Maybelle Sprague, a naive young Colorado mining heiress whose stepbrother John has poured their new money into buying a place among Newportβs elite. John is determined to see Maybelle married off to a fortune-hunting Italian prince, and Ellen is supposed to polish up the girl for her launch into society. But the deceptively demure Ellen has her own checkered past, and sheβs hiding in plain sight at Sprague Hall.
1958: Lucia βLuckyβ Sprague has always felt like an outsider at Sprague Hall. When she and her grandmotherβthe American-born Princess di Contiβfled Mussoliniβs Italy, it seemed natural to go back to the imposing Newport house Nana owned but hadnβt seen since her marriage in 1899. Over the years, Lucky has lost her Italian accent and found a place for herself among the yachting set by marrying Stuyvesant Sprague, the alcoholic scion of her Sprague stepfamily. But one fateful night in the mansionβs old boathouse will uncover a devastating truth... and change everything she thought she knew about her past.
As the cameras roll on Mansion Makeover, the house begins to yield up the dark secrets the Spragues thought would stay hidden forever....
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The novel The Lost Summers of Newport, crafted by esteemed authors Lauren Willig, Karen White, and Beatriz Williams, is praised for its intricate weaving of three narratives into a captivating and stylish tale of mystery and family secrets. Set against the backdrop of a grand New England mansion, the story spans generations, intertwining elements of historical drama, intrigue, and suspense. It has been lauded as an engrossing read, ideal for those who appreciate clever historical fiction with rich, dramatic undertones.
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ISBN: 9780063040755
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 July 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 290g
Pages: 400
About the Author
A graduate of Stanford University with an MBA from Columbia, Beatriz Williams spent several years in New York and London hiding her early attempts at fiction, first on company laptops as a communications strategy consultant, and then as an at-home producer of small persons, before her career as a writer took off. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore. Lauren Willig is also the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Ashford Affair and That Summer as well as the Pink Carnation series, and is a RITA Award-winner for Best Regency Historical for The Mischief of the Mistletoe. An alumna of Yale University, she has a graduate degree in English history from Harvard and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She lives in New York City, where she now writes full time. Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Last Night in London, Dreams of Falling, and Flight Patterns, as well as the popular Tradd Street mystery series set in Charleston, SC. She is a graduate of the American School in London and has a BS in Management from Tulane University. When not writing, she spends her time reading, scrapbooking, playing piano, and avoiding cooking. She had two grown children and currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two spoiled Havanese dogs.
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