Unerringly perceptive superbly written every page packed with the warmth and compassionate wisdom that have become Nancy Thayerrsquos trademark Heat Wave tells the moving story of a woman who after her seemingly perfect life unravels must find the strength to live and love againMaking the startling discovery that her family finances are in dire straits is only the latest shock endured by Carley Winsted after her husbandrsquos sudden death from a heart attack Resisting her in-lawsrsquo well-meaning overtures to take in Carley and her two daughters the young widow instead devises a plan to keep her family in their beloved home a grand historic house on the island of NantucketThe solution is right at Carleyrsquos front door transforming her expensive expansive house into a bed-and-breakfast Not everyone however thinks this plan prudent or quite respectablemdashespecially not Carleyrsquos mother-in-law Further complicating a myriad of challenges a friend forces Carley to keep a secret that if revealed will undo families and friendshipsWhen her late husbandrsquos former law partner keeps showing up at the most unexpected times Carley must cope with an array of mixed feelings And then during a late-summer heat wave the lives of Carley and her friends and family will be forever changed in entirely unexpected waysLyrical emotional dramatic and ultimately wonderfully uplifting Nancy Thayerrsquos latest novel is compelling from its first page to its last.
