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The beach at Summerly [large print] : a novel / Beatriz Williams.

Williams, Beatriz, (author.).

Summary:

May 1946. As Winthrop Island prepares for summer, glamorous Olive Rainsford moves into Summerly, the idyllic estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, the devoted daughter of Summerly's caretaker, Olive introduces a world of daring possibility. As the weather heats up, Emilia is drawn into a friendhip with Olive, while romance simmers with Olive's beloved nephew, Shep. But the promise of Peabody patronage is interrupted by Sumner Fox, an FBI agent demanding Emilia's help in capturing a Soviet agent working from sonewhere inside the estate. April 1954. Emilia has rebuilt her life as a professor, when shocking news arrives - the traitor she helped convict will be swapped for an American spy imprisoned in the Soviet Union, with a mysterious condition only Emilia can fulfill. Reluctantly, she is forced to confront her past, and make a choice that could destroy the Peabody family - and Emilia's chance for redemption - all over again.-- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063322912
  • ISBN: 0063322919
  • ISBN: 9798888804155
  • Physical Description: 501 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: large print, 1st Harper edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Subject:
Women college teachers > Fiction.
Moles (Spies) > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Women's friendships.
United States > History > 1945-1953 > Fiction.
United States > History > 1953-1961 > Fiction.
Genre:
Large print books.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 27 of 28 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 28 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library LP FIC WILLIAMS (Text) 36015001888631 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library LP Williams (Text) 31010000836348 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Bailey Public Library LTE FIC Williams (Text) 37807000040907 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Benhaven Public Library LgPrt F Wil PBK (Text) 33630005211136 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Bladen Main Branch LP FIC WIL (Text) 30441100920040 Adult Large Print New Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library LTE FIC Wil (Text) 37807000055823 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Columbus Library LP F WIL (Text) 31250200086990 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Eden Library LP Fic (Text) 31554011334124 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Etowah Branch WIL (Text) 33258009746186 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Goldsboro Library LP WIL (Text) 900005000204172 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -

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