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After John Tetherly and Becca Copaken die in a freak car accident an hour after their wedding, their families are left to bridge stark class and cultural divides, and eventually forge deep-rooted bonds thanks to the twin deities of love and music. Becca's family is well off, from New York, and summers in Red Hook, Maine, a small coastal town where John's blue-collar single mother, Jane, cleans houses for a living. They interact, awkwardly, over how to bury the couple, the staging of an anniversary party, and over Jane's adopted niece, whose amazing musical talent makes a connection to Becca's…
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Editions
5 editions- Hardcover · English · 2011Brand: Wheeler Publishing · 652 pages · 9781410433831
- Audiobook · English · 2010Random House Audio · 9780307735393
- Other · English · 2014Two Roads · 352 pages · 9781444763133
- Other · English · 2011Anchor · 9780307275820
- Other · English · 2010Doubleday · 343 pages · 9780385517867
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