The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman
Thanks to Gretchen Koss of Tandem Literary, I am giving away one print copy of ‘The Clover Girls’ by Viola Shipman.
Description Clover Girls by Viola Shipman
THE CLOVER GIRLS is a moving novel about three childhood friends, now entering middle-age, who are brought together again at their old summer camp in the wake of tragedy. While the reason for their reunion is steeped in loss, they soon find it’s perhaps just what they needed to rediscover long-forgotten dreams.
Elizabeth, Veronica, Rachel and Emily met at Camp Birchwood as girls in 1985, where they called themselves The Clover Girls (after their cabin name). The years following that magical summer pulled them in very different directions and, now approaching middle age, the women are facing new challenges: the inevitable physical changes that come with aging, feeling invisible to society, disinterested husbands, surly teens, and losing their sense of self.
Then, Elizabeth, Veronica and Rachel each receive a letter from Emily – she has cancer and, knowing it’s terminal, reaches out to the girls who were her best friends once upon a time and implores them to reunite at Camp Birchwood to scatter her ashes—and where another unexpected surprise awaits them.
Like a balmy summer evening passed with good food and great company, Viola Shipman’s novels never fail to deliver comfort and joy through his lyrical storytelling of family and friendship. Perfect for fans of Dorthea Benton Frank and Nancy Thayer, THE CLOVER GIRLS is the perfect uplifting read to toss in your beach bag this summer.
Praise Clover Girls by Viola Shipman
“Reading Viola Shipman’s novels is like talking with your best friend…The Clover Girls is her most beautiful novel, and her most important.”—Nancy Thayer, New York Times best-selling author of Family Reunion
“Viola Shipman has written a love song to long-lost friends…Women of all ages will read this book, pick up the phone and reconnect with those they hold most dear.”—Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today bestselling author of Feels Like Falling
“Like a true friendship, The Clover Girls is a novel you will forever savor and treasure.” —Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author
About Viola Shipman
Viola Shipman is the pen name for Wade Rouse, a popular, award-winning memoirist. Rouse chose his grandmother’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the woman whose heirlooms and family stories inspire his writing. Rouse is the author of The Summer Cottage, as well as The Charm Bracelet and The Hope Chest which have been translated into more than a dozen languages and become international bestsellers.
He lives in Saugatuck, Michigan and Palm Springs, California, and has written for People, Coastal Living, Good Housekeeping, and Taste of Home, along with other publications, and is a contributor to All Things Considered.
Website: https://violashipman.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/viola_shipman
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This story sounds captivating, emotional and a perfect story for the summer.
Wade has really done his grandmother proud with his stories. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
Sounds like an intriguing story of old friends reuniting.
This sounds like a good novel about friendship!
Scattering someone’s ashes causes one to reflect deeply. It was very moving, when my friends’ husband went to scatter his ex’s ashes into the ocean along with another partner of the ex.
Nothing like those chi.dhood friendships that last.