Summer of Love

“A gorgeous golden ode to California history, from the sun-drenched Napa wineries to the hippy-jammed concerts of San Francisco at the height of the sixties. … A delightful intergenerational tale.”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Briar Club “Beautfiul… An uplifting novel that celebrates the importance of storytelling in recovery.”—Laura McKowen, bestselling author of We Are the Luckiest ""An immersive page-turner that offers a complex braid of love, addiction, and the challenges of relationships between sisters and mothers, set against an authentic California and peopled with the real humans of that world. More than a tale of family, Summer of Love delves into the complex nature of secrets and addiction, the hope of recovery, and the power of storytelling to set us free. I genuinely loved this novel.""—Barbara O’Neal, USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids and The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth ""A provocative, deeply moving novel about California and the fierce aching rush of the American dream. With nuance and bold insight, Maher maps how family secrets can course for years like fire underground, and how a life can turn on one stunning loss or the singular grace of desire.""—Dawn Tripp, nationally bestselling author of Jackie ""This special novel about sisters & secrets, wine & words, and addiction & absolution captivates with its stories of three women, tied together by blood and love, and the challenges they face. This dual timeline narrative deftly transports the reader to the sunny California landscapes of yesterday and today and delivers a wallop of a story that keeps the pages turning late into the night.""—Susie Orman Schnall, bestselling author of Anna Bright Is Hiding Something and We Came Here to Shine ""A gorgeously layered novel about sisterhood and the seductive promise of California, where beauty and excess blur and nothing is as simple as it appears. Kerri Maher writes about the baffling nature of alcohol abuse with rare empathy and restraint, honoring the complexity of women’s inner lives. It is a deeply human story that understands how memory, love, and self-deception intertwine—and how reckoning, when it comes, can change everything.” —Jessica Guerrieri, Award-winning author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and Both Can Be True Praise for the novels of Kerri Maher “[A] powerful, thought-provoking novel… not only important and timely, but deeply humanizing.”—Good Morning America “Powerful. Dramatic. Insightful…. It’s not only a timely novel, but storytelling at its finest – a must-read.”—NPR “Remarkable.”—The Washington Post