Big Summer

Atria Books, 2020. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Sexy and satisfying, Big Summer is the perfect quarantine read." -USA TODA Y "The beach read to end all beach reads." -Entertainment Weekly "Big fun, and then some. It's empowering and surprising-a reminder to put d own the phone and enjoy each moment for what it is." -The Washington Post A deliciously funny, remarkably poignant, and simply unputdownable novel ab out the power of friendship, the lure of frenemies, and the importance of m aking peace with yourself through all life's ups and downs. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Good in Bed and Best Friends Forever, Big Summer is the perfect escape with one of the most lovable heroines to come to the page in years. Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shock ed when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and succ essful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn't spoken one word to Drue in all this time-she doesn't even hate-follow her ex-best friend on social media-so when Drue asks if she will be her maid-of-honor at the soc iety wedding of the summer, Daphne is rightfully speechless. Drue was always the one who had everything-except the ability to hold onto friends. Meanwhile, Daphne's no longer the same self-effacing sidekick she was back in high school. She's built a life that she loves, including a growing career as a plus-size Instagram influencer. Letting glamorous, seductive Drue back into her life is risky, but it comes with an invitation to spend a weekend in a waterfront Cape Cod mansion. When Drue begs and pleads and dangles the prospect of cute si.