Cherish

By Kris Bryant,

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Book description

Josie Lockner scores big when she’s awarded a summer artist-in-residence in the small beach town of Goda, Massachusetts. The Wellingtons are the perfect host family and Revere Estates the best backdrop. She’s more than ready to capture the beauty of nature with her pencils and brushes. Falling for the Wellingtons’…

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I almost cried upon realizing Cherish wasn’t 200 pages longer. It’s heartfelt and touching, and the story hangs on a fragile thread I worried would be broken with every page turn. I read it in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down. 

Not long after Josie starts her artist-in-residency in a small seaside town, Olivia Monteclair materializes like an apparition from a sand dune. Josie’s hosts turn out to be characters from another of Bryant’s books, for readers who enjoy Easter eggs. 

Josie is awestruck, but Olivia is older, withdrawn, and grieving over a significant loss. It’s a thing…

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