Road Trip
A Novel
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4.4 • 216 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
New from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Summers at the Saint and Hello, Summer!
Pack your bags for a summer journey shaped by family secrets, long-buried history, and charming men with Irish accents.
Maeve and Therese Dunigan haven’t spoken in years. Raised under the same roof in Savannah, the two sisters could not be more opposite—Maeve the rule follower, Therese the unapologetic rebel. But when their mother’s death pulls them back together, they inherit more than just grief: a mysterious painting that may be worth millions…if it’s real.
Determined to uncover the truth—and desperately in need of the money—the sisters set out on a journey to Ireland, tracing their family’s roots and the origins of the portrait. What begins as a search for answers soon becomes something deeper—a reckoning with the past, as they uncover secrets that span generations and reshape everything they thought they knew about their family.
With tensions simmering, the two hit the road and find themselves on twisty lanes, in colorful villages, at local pubs, and with handsome men whose gift of the gab is surpassed only by their charm.
Can Maeve and Therese actually survive the journey without killing each other? Join Mary Kay Andrews on a road trip that will entertain you for miles.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Andrews (Summers at the Saint) sparkles in this tale of two 30-something estranged sisters reconnecting after their mother's death. Sensible creative writing professor Maeve Dunagin has long been at odds with her older sister, Therese, an actor and the family rebel. After their mother, Mary Helen, dies from a long illness, they return to their hometown of Savannah, Ga., where they discover that not only did Mary Helen use her remaining years to plan her elaborate funeral, but she took out a second mortgage to send enormous sums to a crooked TV minister. The sisters have inherited their mother's debt, but one thing might save them: the painting of an Irish aristocrat that hangs in Mary Helen's house, which she always prized, but they doubted was authentic. When a nearly identical portrait sells for $1.2 million, Maeve and Therese set off to Ireland to discover if theirs is real. In Ireland, they step into a family mystery involving illegitimate children and even murder. In the midst of it all, Maeve falls hard for a local whiskey distiller, and Therese forms a tentative friendship with an aristocratic woman who might be a relative. With well-developed characters, a taut plot, and a keen sense of place, this lively tale is perfect for the beach bag.
Customer Reviews
Adventure in Ireland
Maeve and Therese, like many sisters, have led different lives. When their mother passes away, they are inconveniently thrown together to settle her debts, to find answers for an inherited painting, and to follow her wish for the two of them to travel to her home country of Ireland. It’s an inspiring adventure which will bring memories of your own relationships and travels.
A great read
Wonderful and couldn’t put it down