A Week at the Lake

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From the USA Today bestselling author of The House on Mermaid Point comes a powerful novel about secrets, loyalty, and the bonds of true friendship...included in this edition only-Wendy Wax's novella,Christmas at the Beach! Twenty years ago, Emma Michaels, Mackenzie Hayes, and Serena Stockton bonded over their New York City dreams. Then, each summer, they solidified their friendship by spending one week at the lake together, solving their problems over bottles of wine and gallons of ice cream. They kept the tradition for years, until jealousy, lies, and life's disappointments made them drift apart. It's been five years since Emma has seen her friends, an absence designed to keep them from discovering a long-ago betrayal. Now she's in desperate need of their support. The time has come to reveal her secrets-and hopefully rekindle their connection. But when a terrible accident keeps Emma from saying her piece, Serena and Mackenzie begin to learn about the past on their own. Now, to heal their friendship and their broken lives, the three women will have to return to the lake that once united them, and discover which relationships are worth holding on to...

Wendy Wax, a former broadcaster, is the USA Today bestselling author of ten novels, including While We Were Watching Downton Abbey,The House on Mermaid Point, andOcean Beach. The mother of two college-age sons, she lives in the Atlanta suburbs with her husband, and is doing her best to adjust to the quiet of her recently emptied nest.

Praise for A Week at the Lake: "Wax offers her trademark form of fiction, the beach read with substance" --Booklist "Wax really knows how to make a cast of characters come alive. Readers will love and fuss at the characters as if they've been friends with them all along....Wax infuses each chapter with enough drama, laughter, family angst and friendship to keep readers greedily turning pages until the end." --RT Book Reviews Praise for the novels of Wendy Wax "Wise and witty...A beautiful book about loyalty, courage, and pursuing your dreams with a little help from your friends. I loved this book!"- Karen White, New York Times bestselling author of A Long Time Gone "Reading Wendy Wax is like discovering a witty, wise, and wonderful new friend."-Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs and Time Flies "A terrific story brimming with wit, warmth, and good humor. I loved it!"-Jane Porter, author of The Good Wife "Quite a clever, fun little novel."-USA Today "Great escape reading, perfect for the beach."-Library Journal "Fun . . . heartwarming. . . . A loving tribute to friendship and the power of the female spirit."-Las Vegas Review-Journal "[Wax] writes with breezy wit and keen insight."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution