02781cam a2200493 i 4500 432326753 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 191231s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019457921 9781525834233 1525834231 (OCoLC)1097681826 GRA eng GRA rda ZQP JZD OCLCO OCLCF OCLCO MLY KAA CLE OCLCO KE7 XZH KYC DLC TxAuBib rda Shipman, Viola. The summer cottage / Viola Shipman. Toronto, Ontario : Graydon House, 2019. ©2019. 416 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes a reader's guide. 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"--inside cover. 20200101. Empty nesters Fiction. Empty nesters. Divorced women Fiction. Divorced women. Cottages Remodeling Fiction. Cottages Remodeling. Bed and breakfast accommodations Michigan Fiction. Bed and breakfast accommodations. Family life Fiction. Michigan, Lake Fiction. Saugatuck (Mich) Fiction. Lake Michigan. Michigan. Michigan. Saugatuck. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Novels.