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June baby : a novel / Shannon Garvey.

Garvey, Shannon, (author).

Summary:

"At seventeen, Ruth lost her mother to cancer, and her father, unable to handle his grieving daughter, shipped her off to Block Island with nothing but a name scribbled on the back of a receipt: Diana Beckett. Diana, a renowned photographer, took Ruth in for the summer, and Block Island became Ruth's refuge, a place of beauty and creativity, a place where she could nurture her dreams of being a writer, a place where she could fall in love for the first time--with Diana's nephew, Charlie. Now, at twenty-seven, Ruth has spent the last ten summers living and working among the lucky few who get to vacation in this wealthy beach town, and the rest of the year just scraping by, yearning to return to the place where she feels safe and unburdened. But then Ruth's world is upended by tragedy again. Desperate for an anchor, she reaches for the person she's been pining for since she met him--Charlie--who has his own startling revelation to share. And when another surprise comes in the form of a box left to Ruth by Diana, its contents raise questions about just how well she knew the two women who raised her. Torn between what to believe about her past, and what her future might hold, Ruth is faced with another choice: does she dare to rewrite her story entirely?"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593979907
  • ISBN: 0593979907
  • Physical Description: 341 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Thousand Voices x Random House, [2026]
Subject:
Families > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Death > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Block Island (R.I. : Island) > Fiction.
Genre:
Coming-of-age fiction
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 10 of 40 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Iredell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 71 current holds with 40 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Statesville Main Library F GARVEY (Text) 33114024780546 Adult New Fiction Available -
Troutman Branch Library F GARVEY (Text) 33114024780553 Adult New Fiction Available -

Accessibility Features

Summary: "At seventeen, Ruth lost her mother to cancer, and her father, unable to handle his grieving daughter, shipped her off to Block Island with nothing but a name scribbled on the back of a receipt: Diana Beckett. Diana, a renowned photographer, took Ruth in for the summer, and Block Island became Ruth's refuge, a place of beauty and creativity, a place where she could nurture her dreams of being a writer, a place where she could fall in love for the first time--with Diana's nephew, Charlie. Now, at twenty-seven, Ruth has spent the last ten summers living and working among the lucky few who get to vacation in this wealthy beach town, and the rest of the year just scraping by, yearning to return to the place where she feels safe and unburdened. But then Ruth's world is upended by tragedy again. Desperate for an anchor, she reaches for the person she's been pining for since she met him--Charlie--who has his own startling revelation to share. And when another surprise comes in the form of a box left to Ruth by Diana, its contents raise questions about just how well she knew the two women who raised her. Torn between what to believe about her past, and what her future might hold, Ruth is faced with another choice: does she dare to rewrite her story entirely?"--

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