Novel
[She] had been a parent for 16 years, which meant that for 16 years her summers consisted of wading pools, plastic beach toys, juice boxes, swim diapers, playgrounds, boogie boards, skim boards, surfboards, baseball camp, football camp, gymnastics camp, lacrosse camp, tennis lessons, golf lessons, sleep-overs, tents ... in the backyard, thousands of packed lunches, thousands of pickups and drop-offs, mosquito bites, missing flip-flops, and the constant application of sunscreen.
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The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown, $24.99)