04457cam a2200877 4500 545439998 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780758291448 0758291442 B00CICDCBC Amazon e1e0ec90-677d-43bc-80d4-9b26487aa9fa OverDrive (Reserve ID) 464890 464890 464890 1401072 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Greenwood, T. Bodies of Water [Libby eBook]. Kensington Books, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 902kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. realistic fiction books. Mothers and daughters. fiction psychological. Contemporary Romance. relationship books. realistic fiction. literary fiction. Southern fiction. Women's Fiction. gifts for women. relationships. fiction books. gifts for her. books fiction. family life. women gifts. Friendship. motherhood. love story. psychology. parenting. Chick Lit. marriage. families. Adoption. Thriller. southern. romance. sisters. Fiction. mothers. mystery. Divorce. family. novels. Modern. beach. Death. women. Drama. grief. twins. Saga. love. HTML:<b><i>In this deeply tender novel, acclaimed novelist T. Greenwood moves deftly between the past and present to create a poignant and wonderfully moving story of friendship, the resonance of memories, and the love that keeps us afloat.</i></b><br /> In 1960, Billie Valentine is a young housewife living in a sleepy Massachusetts suburb, treading water in a dull marriage and caring for two adopted daughters. Summers spent with the girls at their lakeside camp in Vermont are her one escape—from her husband's demands, from days consumed by household drudgery, and from the nagging suspicion that life was supposed to hold something different.<br /> Then a new family moves in across the street. Ted and Eva Wilson have three children and a fourth on the way, and their arrival reignites long-buried feelings in Billie. The relationship that deepens between the two women offers a solace Billie has never known, until their secret is revealed and both families are wrenched apart in the tragic aftermath.<br /> Fifty years later, Ted and Eva's son, Johnny, contacts an elderly but still spry Billie, entreating her to return east to meet with him. Once there, Billie finally learns the surprising truth about what was lost, and what still remains, of those joyful, momentous summers.<br /> <br /> <b>"A complex and compelling portrait of the painful intricacies of love and loyalty. Book clubs will find much to discuss in T. Greenwood's insightful story of two women caught between their hearts and their families."<br /> —Eleanor Brown, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Light of Paris</i></b><br /> <b>"<i>Bodies of Water</i> is no ordinary love story, but a book of astonishing precision, lyrically told, raw in its honesty and gentle in its unfolding. . . . A luminous, fearless, heart-wrenching story about the power of true love."<br /> —Ilie Ruby, author of <i>The Language of Trees</i></b><br />. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/bodies-of-water?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/bodies-of-water?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/bodies-of-water?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)