The Wednesday Daughters: A Novel (Wednesday Series Book 2)

The Wednesday Daughters: A Novel (Wednesday Series Book 2)

In the tradition of Kristin Hannah and Karen Joy Fowler, Meg Waite Clayton, bestselling author of The Wednesday Sisters, returns with an enthralling new novel of mothers, daughters, and the secrets and dreams passed down through generations.
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It is early evening when Hope Tantry arrives at the small cottage in Englandâ€™s pastoral Lake District where her mother, Ally, spent the last years of her life. Allyâ€”one of a close-knit group of women who called themselves the Wednesday Sistersâ€”had used the cottage as a writerâ€™s retreat while she worked on her unpublished biography of Beatrix Potter, yet Hope knows little about her motherâ€™s time there. Traveling with Hope are friends Anna Page and Julie, first introduced as little girls in The Wednesday Sisters, now grown women grappling with issues of a different era. Theyâ€™ve come to help Hope sort through her motherâ€™s personal effects, yet what they find is a tangled family historyâ€”one steeped in Lake District lore.
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Hope finds a stack of Allyâ€™s old notebooks tucked away in a hidden drawer, all written in a mysterious code.Â As she, Julie, and Anna Page try to decipher Allyâ€™s writingsâ€”the reason for their encryption, their possible connection to the Potter manuscriptâ€”they are forced to confront their own personal struggles: Hopeâ€™s doubts about her marriage, Julieâ€™s grief over losing her twin sister, Anna Pageâ€™s fear of commitment in relationships. And as the real reason for Allyâ€™s stay in England comes to light, Hope, Julie, and Anna Page reach a new understanding about the enduring bonds of family, the unwavering strength of love, and the inescapable pull of the past.

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â€œThe present and the past intertwine beautifully and inevitably in Meg Waite Claytonâ€™s winning follow-up toÂ The Wednesday Sisters. From the beguiling Lake District setting, to a completely charming (and spot-on) portrayal of Beatrix Potter, to the way the Wednesday daughters strive to unpuzzle both their own choices and their mothersâ€™ legacies, every layer of the novel delivers.Â The Wednesday DaughtersÂ is utterly rich and satisfying.â€â€”Paula McLain,Â New York TimesÂ bestselling author ofÂ The Paris Wife
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â€œA captivating novel about mothers and daughters, lifelong friendships, love affairs, betrayals, and redemption. Clayton transports us to the English Lake District, an area rich in literary history and romance, where her charactersâ€™ secrets unfold in ways both satisfying and surprising.â€â€”J. Courtney Sullivan,Â New York TimesÂ bestselling author ofÂ Commencement, Maine,Â andÂ The Engagements
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â€œBeautiful storytelling . . . [Meg Waite Clayton] delves deep into the human heart . . . and [will] keep you hanging on until the very last page is turned.â€â€”RT Book Reviews

â€œThe Wednesday Daughters is a bewitching escape of a novel. The characters became my beloved companions. I wanted it never to end.â€â€”Elin Hilderbrand, author of Beautiful Day
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â€œHeartwarming . . . filled with memorable characters.â€â€”Bookreporter

Selected as Recommended Summer Reading by Chicago Tribune â€¢ Fort Worth Star-Telegram â€¢ San Jose Mercury News

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-07-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-07-16
Format	Kindle eBook