Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything her friends her homes her social standing - because her husband Freddy cheated rich investors out of billions of dollarsDesperate and facing homelessness Meredith receives a call from her old best friend Constance Flute Connies had recent worries of her own and the two depart for a summer on Nantucket in an attempt to heal But the island cant offer complete escape and theyre plagued by new and old troubles alike When Connies brother Toby - Merediths high school boyfriend - arrives Meredith must reconcile the differences between the life she is leading and the life she could have had Set against the backdrop of a Nantucket summer Elin Hilderbrand delivers a suspenseful story of the power of friendship the pull of love and the beauty of forgiveness.