Body Surfing

Author: Anita Shreve

At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to regain her footing once again, she has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards” two grown sons, Ben and Jeff, arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up….Read More

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