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That Last Carolina Summer: A Gripping Southern Tale of Sisterhood, Secrets, and the Haunting Power of the Past

by Karen White

A return to the Lowcountry and a family’s buried tensions

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A return to the Lowcountry and a family’s buried tensions

Phoebe Manigault’s childhood premonitions and recurring dreams follow her into adulthood, but distance from her family has not resolved the tensions shaped by life beside her sister, Addie. When their mother’s illness brings Phoebe back to South Carolina, she also forms a connection with Celeste, whose granddaughter disappeared years earlier, while Celeste’s grandson Liam stirs complicated feelings linked to Phoebe’s past. Set in the South Carolina Lowcountry, the novel brings together sibling relationships, a missing-person mystery, and a reckoning with family history. Phoebe’s intensifying nightmares tie the strands together as she approaches a truth connected to her past.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in stories about sisters and complicated family relationships.
  • Readers who enjoy family dramas that include premonitions, recurring dreams, and a long-ago disappearance.
  • Readers drawn to Southern settings, particularly the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Themes

Sisterhood and family tensionsPremonitions and recurring dreamsSecrets and the pastDisappearance and uncertaintySecond chances

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Book overview

"This multi-generational story is layered with juicy family secrets. The perfect summer read." --Jamie Brenner, bestselling author of A Novel Summer

Beloved bestselling author Karen White returns with a captivating new Southern drama about sisterhood, secrets and one woman's reckoning with the past

As a child, Phoebe Manigault developed the gift of premonition after she was struck by lightning in the creek near her Charleston home. Plagued throughout her life by mysterious dreams, and always living in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Addie, Phoebe eventually moves to the West Coast, as far from her family as possible. Now, years later, she is summoned back to South Carolina, to help Addie care for their ailing mother.

As Phoebe's return lures her back into deep-rooted tensions and conflicts, she is drawn to Celeste, whose granddaughter went missing years ago. Their connection brings comfort to Phoebe, while Celeste's adult grandson Liam resurrects complicated emotions tied to Phoebe's past.

But the longer Phoebe spends in her childhood home, the more her recurring nightmares intensify--bringing her closer to the shocking truth that will irrevocably change everything. Unfolding against the lush backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry, That Last Carolina Summer is an unforgettable story about the unbreakable bonds of family and the gift of second chances.
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