02476cam a2200349 i 4500 611002590 TxAuBib 20190507120000.0 190412s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781525831522 hbk. 1525831526 hbk. (OCoLC)1096435506 IG$ eng rda IG$ UAP GK8 IDLEW OCLCO WYL WYTHA TNH OCLCO VP@ NZAUC OCLCO NBO TxAuBib rda Shipman, Viola, author. The summer cottage [Book] / Viola Shipman. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Graydon House, 2019. 397 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel"--Jacket. Includes an excerpt from The heirloom garden. "Adie Lou Kruger's ex never understood her affection for what her parents called their Cozy Cottage, the charming, ramshackle summer home--complete with its own set of rules for relaxing--that she's inherited on Lake Michigan. But despite the fact she's facing a broken marriage and empty nest, and middle age is looming in the distance, memories of happy childhoods on the beach give her reason for hope. She's determined not to let her husband's affair with a grad student reduce her to a cliché, or to waste one more minute in a career she doesn't love, so it becomes clear what Adie Lou must do: rebuild her life and restore her cottage shingle by shingle, on her terms.But converting the beloved, weather-beaten structure into a bed-and-breakfast isn't quite the efficient home-reno experience she's seen on TV. Pushback from Saugatuck's contentious preservation society, costly surprises and demanding guests were not part of the plan. But as the cottage comes back to life, Adie Lou does, too, finding support in unexpected places and a new love story on the horizon. One cottage rule at a time, Adie Lou reclaims her own strength, history and joy by rediscovering the magic in every sunset and sandcastle"--Provided by publisher. Empty nesters Fiction. Divorced women Fiction. Cottages Remodeling Fiction. Bed and breakfast accommodations Michigan Fiction. Michigan, Lake Fiction. Saugatuck (Mich) Fiction. Novels. lcgft Domestic fiction. lcgft