Book giveaway for The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly Mar 03-Apr 02, 2025

Book Giveaway For The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club

Release date: May 27, 2025

Enter for the chance to win a galley of a spectacular novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls.
Two sisters living on Martha鈥檚 Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club for women in th Two sisters living on Martha鈥檚 Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club for women in this spectacular novel inspired by true events, from the New York Timesbestselling author of Lilac Girls.

鈥淎 dreamy beach book that also sizzles with tension . . . another winner by one of the best historical fiction writers around.鈥濃€擣iona Davis, author of The Stolen Queen

2016: Thirty-four-year-old Mari Starwood is still grieving after her mother鈥檚 death as she travels to the storied island of Martha鈥檚 Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts. She鈥檚 come all the way from California with nothing but a name on a piece of paper: Elizabeth Devereaux, the famous but reclusive Vineyard painter. When Mari makes it to Mrs. Devereaux鈥檚 stunning waterfront farm under the guise of taking a painting class with her, Mrs. Devereaux begins to tell her the story of the Smith sisters, who once lived there. As the tale unfolds, Mari is shocked to learn that her relationship to this island runs deeper than she ever thought possible.

1942: The Smith girls鈥攏ineteen-year-old aspiring writer Cadence and sixteen-year-old war-obsessed Briar鈥攁re faced with the impossible task of holding their failing family farm together during World War II as the U.S. Army arrives on Martha鈥檚 Vineyard. When Briar spots German U-boats lurking off the island鈥檚 shores, and Cadence falls into an unlikely romance with a sworn enemy, their quiet lives are officially upended. In an attempt at normalcy, Cadence and her best friend, Bess, start a book club, which grows both in members and influence as they connect with a fabulous New York publisher who could make all of Cadence鈥檚 dreams come true. But all that is put at risk by a mysterious man who washes ashore鈥攁nd whispers of a spy in their midst. Who in their tight-knit island community can they trust? Could this little book club change the course of the war . . . before it鈥檚 too late? ...more

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Format: Print book

Availability: 20 copies available, 13122 people requesting

Giveaway dates: Mar 03 - Apr 02, 2025

Countries available: U.S.

About Martha Hall Kelly

Martha is still pinching herself after her debut novel LILAC GIRLS, about socialite Caroline Ferriday and her fight to help a group of concentration camp survivors, became an Instant NY Times bestseller in 2016 and went on to sell over two million copies. Once the paperback stayed on the NYT list for 54 weeks, and became published in fifty countries she wrote three more novels: LOST ROSES about Ca ...more

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Christina Gagliano, Richard, Miranda, Dana Keller, Sheila Lowe, Emily, Samantha, Abby Fisher, Shelli, Elizabeth Brokaw, Shelby 鉁┾倞藲.鈰嗏樉鈰嗏伜鈧娾湩, Robbie, Mallory Earwood, Kayla Bone, LilaL, Mallory, Sheila Fulks, Michele Hartshaw, Maddie Hansen, Stacey White

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