Cape Cod Summers

A monograph on the work on an American architecture firm, famous for capturing the essence of 'The American Summer'.

A woman writer's lyrical memoir of a summer with her artist husband in a remote Cape Cod dune shack

Cape Cod Summers and more as envisioned through the perceptive eyes and humorous "wild imagination" of a young boy who grew up and out of his New England childhood short pants as Paul Fithian, and into his Californian long patns as Paul Vaughn. The poignant pictures Vaughn paints with words jog the memory of many who remember their own youth "on the Cape" during the mid-20th century. Other vignettes are unique to this last of three boys whose family traces back to, at least, the dingy beside the Mayflower. A boy whose New England heritage was ingrained in his heart and soul enough that he often imagined his Puritan ancestors in their black, buckled hats looking over his shoulder whenever he was doing something not quite right...which was often. It makes no difference where on the Cape these scenes take place, but only that the Cape melds mentally and physically with this youngster as he struggles to find his own self in his own world. These Cape images create scenes of a yesteryear bringing smiles, chuckles and outright laughter to those who have also left their hearts on Cape Cod, and to those doing so at this very moment.

Beverly Koester takes readers back to her childhood summers in the 1950s, spent in a small cottage in South Chatham, Massachusetts. For Beverly and her older sister, the days were filled with swimming, exploring in the woods, walking to the post office, and playing "kick-the-can." Along with their nature-loving mother, the girls dug for clams, picked beach plums, and watched Monarch caterpillars turn into butterflies. And no summer was complete without a family outing to the Chatham Band concert. Written with simplicity, careful observation, and a gentle sense of humor, Cape Cod Summers shares one child's love of the Cape.

Anthony Bailey was a staff writer for The New Yorker for 35 years and is the author of 18 books, including The Inside Passage.

At her stepdaughter's wedding day to her pandemic boyfriend--the last gathering at the family's beach house in Cape Cod--Sarah is faced with lovers being revealed as their true selves, misunderstandings, and secrets, ensuring that nothing will ever be the same.

When it comes to love, there’s always something cooking. If Lexi Bellamy had to describe Winsome Cove, she would say the little Cape Cod town is tired and stuck in its ways. Like its men—or at least Sam Knight, the handsome New Englander who irritates the "Midwest nice" right out of the former five-star chef. Looking for a reset after her ex-fiancé all but ruined her career and reputation, Lexi agrees to spend the summer rebranding Sam’s family’s run-down restaurant. Yet Lexi faces resistance from Sam with every change. And the best way to keep from bickering…is kissing. Even so, Sam doesn’t trust her big-city ways. Can Lexi convince Sam that—like a good surf and turf—they’re made for each other? From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Winsome Cove Book 1: A Cape Cod Summer