The Summer Cottage

Helen Street and her three older siblings spent every summer on Long Island Sound in an old beach house that belonged to their mother, Claire. A former swimming star, Claire tried to instill a sense of competition in all her children, but only Helen shared her mother’s athletic genes. And only Helen escaped Claire’s criticism and judgment. Thirty years after their last summer at the shore, Claire has summoned her now-grown children to the cottage once more. With her death imminent, she announces that she will leave everything to Helen unless they agree to an extraordinary weekend of family games. Each will have the chance to win their portion of the inheritance, to revisit buried memories, and to discover the power of family…