Montauk

An epic and cinematic novel by debut author Nicola Harrison,Montauk captures the glamour and extravagance of a summer by the sea with the story of a woman torn between the life she chose and the life she desires. MontaukLong Island1938. For three monthsthis humble fishing village will serve as the playground for New York CityΓÇÖs wealthy elite. Beatrice Bordeaux was looking forward to a summer of reigniting the passion between her and her husbandHarry. Insteadtasked with furthering his investment interest in Montauk as a resort destinationshe learns sheΓÇÖll be spending twelve weeks sequestered with the high society wives at The Montauk ManorΓÇöa two-hundred room seaside hotelΓÇöwhile Harry pursues other interests in the city. College educatedbut raised a modest country girl in PennsylvaniaBea has never felt fully comfortable among these privileged womenwhose days are devoted not to their children but to leisure activities and charities that seemingly benefit no one but themselves. She longs to be a mother herselfas well as a loving wifebut after five years of marriage she remains childless while Harry is increasingly remote and distracted. Despite lavish parties at the Manor and the Yacht ClubBea is lost and lonely and befriends the manorΓÇÖs laundress whose work ethic and family life stir memories of who she once was. As she drifts further from the society women and their preoccupations and closer toward MontaukΓÇÖs natural beauty and community spiritBea finds herself drawn to a man nothing like her husband ΓÇôstoicplain spoken and enigmatic. Inspiring a strength and courage she had almost forgottenhis presence forces her to face a haunting tragedy of her past and question her future. Desperate to embrace moments of happinessno matter how fleetingshe soon discovers that such moments may be all she haswhen fates conspire to tear her world apart…