About the book
In the Hamptons, the everyday people are as complicated and fascinating as the millionaires...
When Katie Doyle moves across the country to the Hamptons, she is hoping for summer employment, new friends for her young son, and a chance to explore a new love affair with a dazzling investor. What she finds is a strange cocktail of classes, where societys one-percenters vacation alongside local, hard-working people whove lived in the Hamptons for generations. Though shes looking forward to their move, Katie is wary about mingling with her boyfriends East Coast elite circles. She soon discovers Southampton isnt all that it seems to be on the surfaceand neither are the people who live there.
As George takes Katie on a whirlwind tour of country clubs, haute couture, and lavish events, she is amazed to witness sudden whims become dire needs, extra-marital affairs blossoming right and left, and people purchase friends and loyalties like a pair of shoes. Even the middle-class townspeople maintain a determined façade while maneuvering like sharks among the wealthy summer invaders.
The more Katie becomes immersed, the more she learns the secrets of both the upstairs and downstairs, the upper crust and middle of the road. The combustion between the classes becomes explosive as the summer tears on. Betrayals, a sexual predator, and a missing person lost in murky waves drive the reader on a racing Learjet ride through impossible twists and turns until landing at the shocking conclusion. When she meets Luke, a local surfer and middle school teacher, he makes her question what it is she really wants as she understands the life shes begun for herself is built on shifting Hamptons dunes.
Editions of It Happens in the Hamptons
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780062391506
- EBook
- ISBN 9780062391513
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In the Hamptons, the everyday people are as complicated and fascinating as the millionaires...
When Katie Doyle moves across the country to the Hamptons, she is hoping for summer employment, new friends for her young son, and a chance to explore a new love affair with a dazzling investor. What she finds is a strange cocktail of classes, where societys one-percenters vacation alongside local, hard-working people whove lived in the Hamptons for generations. Though shes looking forward to their move, Katie is wary about mingling with her boyfriends East Coast elite circles. She soon discovers Southampton isnt all that it seems to be on the surfaceand neither are the people who live there.
As George takes Katie on a whirlwind tour of country clubs, haute couture, and lavish events, she is amazed to witness sudden whims become dire needs, extra-marital affairs blossoming right and left, and people purchase friends and loyalties like a pair of shoes. Even the middle-class townspeople maintain a determined façade while maneuvering like sharks among the wealthy summer invaders.
The more Katie becomes immersed, the more she learns the secrets of both the upstairs and downstairs, the upper crust and middle of the road. The combustion between the classes becomes explosive as the summer tears on. Betrayals, a sexual predator, and a missing person lost in murky waves drive the reader on a racing Learjet ride through impossible twists and turns until landing at the shocking conclusion. When she meets Luke, a local surfer and middle school teacher, he makes her question what it is she really wants as she understands the life shes begun for herself is built on shifting Hamptons dunes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is It Happens in the Hamptons about?
In the Hamptons, the everyday people are as complicated and fascinating as the millionaires...
When Katie Doyle moves across the country to the Hamptons, she is hoping for summer employment, new friends for her young son, and a chance to explore a new love affair with a dazzling investor. What she finds is a strange cocktail of classes, where societys one-percenters vacation alongside local, hard-working people whove lived in the Hamptons for generations. Though shes looking forward to their move, Katie is wary about mingling with her boyfriends East Coast elite circles. She soon discovers Southampton isnt all that it seems to be on the surfaceand neither are the people who live there.
As George takes Katie on a whirlwind tour of country clubs, haute couture, and lavish events, she is amazed to witness sudden whims become dire needs, extra-marital affairs blossoming right and left, and people purchase friends and loyalties like a pair of shoes. Even the middle-class townspeople maintain a determined façade while maneuvering like sharks among the wealthy summer invaders.
The more Katie becomes immersed, the more she learns the secrets of both the upstairs and downstairs, the upper crust and middle of the road. The combustion between the classes becomes explosive as the summer tears on. Betrayals, a sexual predator, and a missing person lost in murky waves drive the reader on a racing Learjet ride through impossible twists and turns until landing at the shocking conclusion. When she meets Luke, a local surfer and middle school teacher, he makes her question what it is she really wants as she understands the life shes begun for herself is built on shifting Hamptons dunes.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in It Happens in the Hamptons?
Fiction > Fiction / Literature / Comics / Graphic novels: narrative themes > Narrative theme: sense of place
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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780062391506
Who is/are the Author/s of the book It Happens in the Hamptons?
Holly Peterson
Who is the Publisher of the book It Happens in the Hamptons?
HarperCollins
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
It Happens in the Hamptons is available as paperback(ISBN 9780062391506) and ebook(ISBN 9780062391513)
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