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02957aam a2200289 a 4500 001 202029A03EF911E49AA135ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151002020208 008 140619s2014 000 1 eng u 020 $a 0345545494 020 $a 9780345545497 (ebook)\9780345545480 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $d SILO 100 1 $a Thayer, Nancy, 1943- 245 10 $a Nantucket sisters : $b a novel $c Nancy Thayer. 260 $a New York $b Ballantine Books $c 2014. 300 $a 334 pages cm 520 $a "Friendship takes center stage in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer's captivating, emotionally charged novel featuring all the tenderness and wit, drama and romance that readers have come to expect from this insightful, much-loved writer. When they meet as girls on a beach in Nantucket, Maggie Drew and Emma Hudson become fast friends--though Emma's well-heeled mother would prefer that she associate with the upscale daughters of bankers and statesmen rather than the child of a local seamstress. But the two lively, imaginative girls nevertheless spend many golden summers together building castles in the sand, creating magical worlds of their own, and forging grand plans for their future. Even as Emma falls for Maggie's brother, Ben, and the young women's paths diverge, the duo remain close friends. Then the unthinkable happens: a lifelong friendship is pushed to its breaking point with the appearance of the handsome, charismatic, 520 $a "When Maggie and Emily meet as girls on the Nantucket beach, they are instant best friends--even though Emily's mother would much prefer she play with the daughters of senators and statesmen than a seamstress's kid like Maggie. But after many golden summers spent building sandcastles and sharing their dreams for the future, Emily and Maggie grow apart. In her twenties, beautiful and spirited Emily worries she'll never amount to more than the glittering wife of a successful husband, while hardworking redheaded Maggie scrimps and saves her pennies, wondering if she'll ever have the luxury of a passionate romance. It seems they have little in common...until Cameron Chadwick appears on the island. A wealthy Wall Street broker, Cameron takes moonlit walks on the dunes with Maggie and romances Emily in Manhattan with lavish nights on the town. When both women discover they're pregnant, it looks like the end of their already-distant friendship. But as Maggie and Emily struggle to decide what their lives will be, they realize more than ever before how very much they need a friend"-- 650 $a FICTION / Contemporary Women. 650 $a FICTION / Romance / Contemporary. 650 $a FICTION / Sagas. 650 $a Female friendship $x Fiction. 650 $a Love stories 941 $a 2 952 $l RRPA135 $d 20160521011404.0 952 $l LPPC815 $d 20140918010532.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=202029A03EF911E49AA135ADDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search