The Lifeguards

ΓÇ£A book that is at once riveting and relevant as it unpeels the various meanings of motherhood,familyand loyalty. I tore through it.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöMiranda Cowley Hellerauthor of The Paper Palace The bonds between three picture-perfectΓÇöbut viciously protectiveΓÇömothers and their close-knit sons are tested during one unforgettable summer in a gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters. AustinΓÇÖs Zilker Park neighborhood is a wonderland of greenbelt trailslive musicand moms who drink a few too many margaritas. WhitneyAnnetteand Liza have grown thick as thieves as they have raised their children together for fifteen yearsbelieving that they can shelter them their children from an increasingly dangerous world. Their friendship is unbreakableΓÇöas safe as the neighborhood where they’ve raised their sweet little boys. Or so they think. One nightthe three women have been enjoying happy hour when their boyslifeguards for the summercome back on bicycles from a late-night dip in their favorite swimming hole. The boys share a secretΓÇönews that will shatter the perfect world their mothers have so painstakingly created. Combining three mothersΓÇÖ points of view in a powerful narrative tale with commentary from entertaining neighborhood listservssecret text messagesand police reportsThe Lifeguards is both a story about the secrets we tell to protect the ones we love and a riveting novel of suspense filled with half-truths and betrayalsfierce love and complicated friendshipsand the loss of innocence on one hot summer night.