Dale, Daisy’s younger sister, is back from Europe and teaching in Maine. But her drastic change has confused her two daughters, who both need their mother.ĭaisy, Margaret’s oldest, is pregnant and already has 2 kids, and she is shocked when her husband wants a divorce. Margaret has recently divorced after 30 years of marriage and moved to Vancouver, and she loves the freedom of being by herself. Zelda has once again put her dreams on hold for Charlie, and when she runs into an attractive man from her past, she is forced to evaluate what kind of life she really wants to be living. Thirteen years later, Zelda and Charlie have two more children, and the family goes to Finland on a scholarship. Zelda struggled with the new world of stepparenting, but she was determined to get it right. With this, she became the stepmom to Charlie’s two daughters, Caroline and Cathy. Stepping follows the story of Zelda Campbel, who married her college professor before she even graduated. All Nancy Thayer Books In Order Stepping (1980) Together they have two children, who sometimes come to visit, bringing along Thayer’s many grandchildren. Thayer lives on Nantucket with her husband and cats, where they’ve lived for 39 years now. Let It Snow, a novel published in 2019, was even made into a Hallmark movie called Nantucket Noel in 2021. Thayer’s novels have also been translated into many different languages around the world. Since then she has published over 35 novels which have made their way onto bestseller lists for the New York Times as well as appeared in Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Cosmo UK. Artfully written and set on the glorious island of Nantucket, Nancy Thayer's Summer House is a vibrant and stirring novel about family, love, and daily choices that affect entire lives.Nancy Thayer published her first novel, Stepping, in 1980. But when, during the course of the family's annual summer retreat, she discovers her husband's betrayal, Helen wonders if she sacrificed her dreams for the wrong reasons. For decades Charlotte's mother, Helen, who married into the illustrious Wheelwright family, has been pressured to adhere to their way of life. But with her family's annual reunion and financial meeting looming, Nona must give up her days of quiet solitude to soothe her easily riled up family. More often than not, ninety-year-old Nona Wheelwright contentedly spends her time reminiscing about days gone by. But when she begins an organic garden on a portion of her grandmother's land, Charlotte learns to plant her feet in solid ground and begins to build a new life. From the New York Times bestselling author of Moon Shell Beach - a moving new novel about an unexpectedly magical summer for three generations of women At thirty, Charlotte Wheelwright remains the dreamer she's always been.

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