WENDY WAX, AUTHOR OF THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER THE HOUSE ON MERMAID POINT AND WHILE WE WERE WATCHING DOWNTON ABBEY, BRINGS READERS
A WEEK AT THE LAKE, THE STORY OF THREE WOMEN AND THE
ADIRONDACK REUNION THAT TRANSFORMS THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND THEIR LIVES
A WEEK AT THE LAKE is Published as a Berkley Trade Paperback Original on Sale June 23rd and Includes a Bonus the Print Debut of Wax’s E-Novella Christmas at The Beach Road
“Wax offers her trademark form of fiction, the beach read with substance.”
—Booklist
Praise for Wendy Wax’s Novels
“[Wax] writes with breezy wit and keen insight.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Magnolia Wednesdays
“Quite a clever, fun little novel . . . If you’re a sucker for plucky women who rise to the occasion this is for you.”USA Today on While We Were Watching Downton Abbey
“Engrosses its reader in the drama of these women’s love lives and emotional struggles.”
Deseret News on While We Were Watching Downton Abbey
“If you loved Jennifer Weiner's Fly Away Home for its wise and witty look at the lives of people grappling with personal setbacks . . . then try Ten Beach Road . . . [a] warm, wry novel.”
St. Petersburg Times
“Fun . . . heartwarming . . . A loving tribute to friendship and the power of the female spirit.”
Las Vegas Review-Journal on Ten Beach Road
“It’s a definite must for any beach bag this summer . . . Wax does a fantastic job.”
Sacramento Book Review on The Accidental Bestseller
USA Today bestselling author Wendy Wax, now brings readers her latest “great summer read,*”
A WEEK AT THE LAKE, which goes on sale June 23rd. Wax , whose contemporary women’s fiction includes The House on Mermaid Point, While We Were Watching Downton Abbey and Ten Beach Road, is known for turning her protagonists’ lives upside down and testing their relationships and their strengths in the face of adversity. She does so again in her new novel, raising the stakes as her characters confront issues about honesty and loyalty.
A WEEK AT THE LAKE is the story of three women and the Adirondack reunion that transforms their friendship and their lives. 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 time at their favorite lake, solving their problems over bottles of wine and gallons of ice cream. The tradition endured for years, until jealousy, secrets and life’s disappointments pulled them apart.
Emma is a successful actress and the single mother of Zoe, an unhappy teen desperate to begin her
own acting career. Estranged from her legendary show business family, Emma walked away from childhood stardom and is determined to spare Zoe the pitfalls of that life. No matter what her daughter thinks she wants. Mackenzie, having left Manhattan to start the family she was then unable to have, channels her creativity into writing her successful blog, “Married without Children,“ and running a local Midwestern theater with her husband who, on the verge of selling his first screenplay, has Hollywood stars in his eyes. Serena, instantly recognizable as a lead voice on the hit animated comedy “As the World Churns,” enjoys her celebrity life and its rewards while denying the pain of unrequited love that lingers behind her laughter.
Once the best of friends, they’re about to see each other for the first time in five years. Little do they expect the near-tragedy that will precede their week at the lake or how difficult it will be to heal their friendship. Especially since Emma is poised to reveal a secret they may never be able to forgive.
In A WEEK AT THE LAKE, Wax shares her distinctive voice, insight and humor as she explores relationships, loyalty, self-discovery and the courage needed to embrace change and confront life’s challenges.
*Parkersburg News on The House on Mermaid Point
ABOUT WENDY WAX
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says USA Today bestselling author Wendy Wax “writes with breezy wit and keen insight.” Her books, A Week at the Lake, While We Were Watching Downton Abbey and her Ten Beach Road novels, The House On Mermaid Point, Ocean Beach and Ten Beach Road, have been featured inpublications such as USA Today, Ladies’ Home Journal, Woman’s World, and online at sites such as On A Clear Day You Can Read Forever, Luxury Reading and Book Reporter. A Florida native, she was honored by the City of St. Pete Beach, where she was born and raised, when the City Commission declared May 12, 2011 “Wendy Wax Day.”
Wendy’s WHILE WE WERE WATCHING DOWNTON ABBEY, a story of unlikely friendships sparked by the camaraderie of Downton Abbey viewing parties, received a flurry of national attention when news of its publication spread just as Season 3 of the program drew to a close. It has been back to press seven times, appeared on major retailer bestseller lists and was nominated for eBook of the Year by U.K. e-retailer Sainsbury. It was also chosen as one of twelve novels featured nationally as part of Penguin Group USA’s 2014 Read Pink initiative with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Other books by Wendy Wax include Magnolia Wednesdays, The Accidental Bestseller, Hostile Makeover, Leave it to Cleavage, Single in Suburbia and 7 Days and 7 Nights. Many of her novels have beenpublished internationally and as audiobooks.
When not writing, Wendy spends time visiting with readers at bookstores, book clubs, book and authorluncheons and book festivals or enjoying time with her family. She has lived in Atlanta for eighteen years and is currently at work on her next Ten Beach Road novel.
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A WEEK AT THE LAKE byWendy Wax
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