The Beach at Summerly
(OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen)
""There are few more skilled practitioners of the craft of summer fiction than Beatriz Williams."" — The New York Times Book Review
A ravishing summer read from New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams, sweeping readers back to a mid-century New England rich with secrets and Cold War intrigue.
June 1946. As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the sacrifice of war, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly's year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island's settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her incapacitated mother, Olive traveled the world, married fascinating men, and involved herself in political causes. She's also the beloved aunt of the two surviving Peabody sons, Amory and Shep, with whom Emilia has a tangled romantic history.
As the summer wears on, Emilia develops a deep rapport with Olive, who urges her to leave the island for a life of adventure, while romance blossoms with the sturdy and honorable Shep. But the heady promise of Peabody patronage is blown apart by the arrival of Sumner Fox, an FBI agent who demands Emilia's help to capture a Soviet agent who's transmitting vital intelligence on the West's atomic weapon program from somewhere inside the Summerly estate.
April 1954. Eight years later, Summerly is boarded up and Emilia has rebuilt her shattered life as a professor at Wellesley College, when shocking news arrives from Washington—the traitor she helped convict is about to be swapped for an American spy imprisoned in the Soviet Union, but with a mysterious condition only Emilia can fulfill. A reluctant Emilia is summoned to CIA headquarters, where she's forced to confront the harrowing consequences of her actions that fateful summer, and a choice that could destroy the Peabody family—and Emilia's chance for redemption—all over again.
""Grand and gripping...shot through with suspense, romance, and glorious, beach-laden locales. I could not put it down.""—Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of The Mitford Affair
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
Beatriz Williams. (2023). The Beach at Summerly. Unabridged HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Beatriz Williams. 2023. The Beach At Summerly. HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Beatriz Williams, The Beach At Summerly. HarperAudio, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Beatriz Williams. The Beach At Summerly. Unabridged HarperAudio, 2023.
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 1 | 0 |
| Boulder Public Library | 0 | 0 |
There is 1 hold on this title.
OverDrive Product Record
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/{C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/{C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780063020870
- name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
- id: audiobook-mp3
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780063020870
- name: OverDrive Listen
- id: audiobook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- edition
- Unabridged
- mediaType
- Audiobook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Beatriz Williams
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- The Beach at Summerly
- dateAdded
- 2023-07-05T22:46:00Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=114&titleID=9228473
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Front Range Downloadable Library (CO)
- id: 1100
- sortTitle
- Beach at Summerly
- crossRefId
- 9228473
- id
- C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D
- starRating
- 2.5
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/{C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/{C9B05322-750A-4BF6-8EA3-0928BD1CE10D}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- formats
- duration: 11:01:56
- fileName: TheBeachatSummerly_9780063020870_9228473
- partCount: 12
- fileSize: 313983361
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780063020870
- rights:
- type: PlayOnPC
- value: 1
- type: PlayOnPCCount
- value: -1
- type: BurnToCD
- value: 1
- type: BurnToCDCount
- value: -1
- type: PlayOnPM
- value: 1
- type: TransferToSDMI
- value: 1
- type: TransferToNonSDMI
- value: 1
- type: TransferCount
- value: -1
- type: CollaborativePlay
- value: 0
- type: PublicPerformance
- value: 0
- type: TranscodeToAAC
- value: 1
- name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: audiobook-mp3
- onSaleDate: 6/27/2023
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: audiobook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c9b05322-750a-4bf6-8ea3-0928bd1ce10d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- duration: 10:54:02
- fileName: TheBeachatSummerly_9780063020870_9228473
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 313938749
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780063020870
- name: OverDrive Listen
- isReadAlong: False
- id: audiobook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 6/27/2023
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: audiobook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c9b05322-750a-4bf6-8ea3-0928bd1ce10d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Williams, Beatriz
- bioText:
Beatriz Williams is the bestselling author of over a dozen novels, including The Beach at Summerly, Our Woman in Moscow, and The Summer Wives, as well as four other novels cowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White. A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.
- name: Beatriz Williams
- role: Narrator
- fileAs: Maarleveld, Saskia
- name: Saskia Maarleveld
- subjects
- value: Fiction
- value: Literature
- value: Thriller
- value: Historical Fiction
- publishDate
- 2023-06-27T00:00:00-04:00
- edition
- Unabridged
- publishDateText
- 06/27/2023
- mediaType
- Audiobook
- shortDescription
""There are few more skilled practitioners of the craft of summer fiction than Beatriz Williams."" — The New York Times Book Review
A ravishing summer read from New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams, sweeping readers back to a mid-century New England rich with secrets and Cold War intrigue.
June 1946. As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the sacrifice of war, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly's year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island's settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her incapacitated mother, Olive traveled the world, married fascinating men, and involved herself in political causes. She's also the beloved aunt of the...
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- The Beach at Summerly
- fullDescription
""There are few more skilled practitioners of the craft of summer fiction than Beatriz Williams."" — The New York Times Book Review
A ravishing summer read from New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams, sweeping readers back to a mid-century New England rich with secrets and Cold War intrigue.
June 1946. As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the sacrifice of war, a glamorous new figure moves into the guest cottage at Summerly, the idyllic seaside estate of the wealthy Peabody family. To Emilia Winthrop, daughter of Summerly's year-round caretaker and a descendant of the island's settlers, Olive Rainsford opens a window into a world of shining possibility. While Emilia spent the war years caring for her incapacitated mother, Olive traveled the world, married fascinating men, and involved herself in political causes. She's also the beloved aunt of the two surviving Peabody sons, Amory and Shep, with whom Emilia has a tangled romantic history.
As the summer wears on, Emilia develops a deep rapport with Olive, who urges her to leave the island for a life of adventure, while romance blossoms with the sturdy and honorable Shep. But the heady promise of Peabody patronage is blown apart by the arrival of Sumner Fox, an FBI agent who demands Emilia's help to capture a Soviet agent who's transmitting vital intelligence on the West's atomic weapon program from somewhere inside the Summerly estate.
April 1954. Eight years later, Summerly is boarded up and Emilia has rebuilt her shattered life as a professor at Wellesley College, when shocking news arrives from Washington—the traitor she helped convict is about to be swapped for an American spy imprisoned in the Soviet Union, but with a mysterious condition only Emilia can fulfill. A reluctant Emilia is summoned to CIA headquarters, where she's forced to confront the harrowing consequences of her actions that fateful summer, and a choice that could destroy the Peabody family—and Emilia's chance for redemption—all over again.
""Grand and gripping...shot through with suspense, romance, and glorious, beach-laden locales. I could not put it down.""—Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of The Mitford Affair
- sortTitle
- Beach at Summerly
- crossRefId
- 9228473
- popularity
- 3910
- publisher
- HarperAudio
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BvwAAAA25/products/c9b05322-750a-4bf6-8ea3-0928bd1ce10d/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- c9b05322-750a-4bf6-8ea3-0928bd1ce10d
- starRating
- 3.1
- bisacCodes
- code: FIC006000
- description: Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage
- code: FIC080000
- description: Fiction / Multiple Timelines
- code: FIC014090
- description: FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II
