From Number 1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci
comes a moving family drama about learning to love again after
heartbreak and loss.
ONE SUMMER
It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of
terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to
live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his
devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably,
tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no
one able to care for them, the children are separated from each
other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just
when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of
events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed,
determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling
to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites
everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the oceanfront in South
Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin
to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to
become a family once more.
David Baldacci, geb. 1960 in Virginia studierte Politikwissenschaft und Jura und arbeitete nach dem Studium neun Jahre als Strafverteidiger und Wirtschaftsjurist in Washington, bevor er sich ganz dem Schreiben widmete. Sein erstes verkauftes Manuskript war 'Absolute Power'; es verhalf ihm zu Weltruhm. David Baldaccis Romane wurden mittlerweile in mehr als 30 Sprachen übersetzt und in mehr als 80 Ländern der Welt verkauft. Neben seiner Arbeit als Schriftsteller engagiert er sich für eine Reihe karitativer und gesellschaftlicher Institutionen, darunter die National Multiple Sclerosis Society, die Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation oder die Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
