Barefoot: A Novel

Its summer on Nantucket and as the season begins threewomen arrive at the local airport observed by Josh a localboy home from college Burdened with small childrenunwieldy straw hats and some obvious emotional issuesthe women--two sisters and one friend--make their way tothe sisters tiny cottage inherited from an aunt Theyre alltrying to escape from something Melanie after seven failedin-vitro attempts discovered her husbands infidelity andthen her own pregnancy Brenda embarked on a passionateaffair with an older student that got her fired from herprestigious job as a professor in New York and her sisterVickie mother to two small boys has been diagnosed withcancer Soon Josh is part of the chaotic household actingas babysitter confidant and eventually somethingmore while the women confront their pasts and map outtheir futures.