<b>“In a rented seaside cottage in Maine, four women recharge, regroup and eat plenty of lobster far away from their pressure-filled lives. A charming, thoroughly engrossing novel that’s the next best thing to being there.” –<i>People Magazine</i><br>&nbsp;</b><br><i>Hopewell Cottage</i><br><i>Little Lost Island, Maine.</i><br><i>Old, pretty cottage to rent on a small island.</i><br><i>Springwater, blueberries, sea glass.</i><br><i>August.<br><br></i>So reads an ad on Lottie Wilkes' and Rose Arbuthnot's children's preschool bulletin board.<br>&nbsp;<br>When the mothers arrive on the island, they are transformed by the salt air; the breathtaking views; the long, lazy days; and the happy routine of lobster, corn, and cocktails on the wraparound porch. By the time of the late-August blue moon, real life and its complications have finally fallen far, far away. For on this idyllic island they gradually begin to open up: to one another and to the possibilities of lives quite different from the ones they’ve been leading. Change can’t be that hard, can it?<br>&nbsp;<br>With a cast of endearingly imperfect characters--including indie movie star Caroline Dester and an elderly Beverly Fisher, who is recovering from heartbreaking loss--and set against the beauty of a gorgeous New England summer,<i> Enchanted August</i> is a sparkling summer debut that brilliantly updates the beloved classic <i>The Enchanted April</i> in a novel of love and reawakening that is simply irresistible.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>