Kim Wright Takes Readers To The Carolina Coast in “The Longest Day of the Year” where Four Women Discover The Truth About Their Lives
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In this episode 171, we visit with award-winning writer Kim Wright, author of “The Longest Day of the Year,” set in a single day on the Carolina coast, with a wonderful cast of characters.
“The Longest Day of the Year” explores the longing and regrets of four very different women whose lives converge around their love for this one particular beach. Sounds sweet? Don’t be fooled. The twist ending will drive you back to the book for a second reading. Love, after all, is full of surprises.
Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of “ A Lowcountry Wedding” says of the book that “the twists and turns kept me captivated from start to finish” and RT Book Reviews says “A perfect pick to add to your summer TBR list…Wright creates memorable stories with interesting and unique backdrops that feature three-dimensional characters on a self-discovery path that reels readers in.”
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About the Author:
Kim Wright is the author of The Longest Day of the Year, Love in Mid Air, The Unexpected Waltz, The Canterbury Sisters, and Last Ride to Graceland, winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction.
She has also created the City of Mystery series, which contains the following volumes: City of Darkness, City of Light, City of Silence, City of Bells, the Christmas-themed novella The Angel of Hever Castle, City of Stone, and City of Wind. Kim is currently at work on the final book in the series, City of Hope.
As The Story Doctor, she offers developmental editing and she teaches at Charlotte Lit, Converse College, and Flatiron Writers Room. Kim’s hobbies include ballroom dancing, wine, travel, and working with rescue dogs.
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It’s the summer solstice and at a small beach on the Carolina coast four women fall into conversation while sitting at the edge of the water. On the surface they would seem to have little in common: Clio, a 22-year-old waitress at a nearby seafood shack, torn between the son of the owner and the sexy but penniless farmboy who delivers produce to the restaurant; Amy, 36, the wife of an ambitious developer whose plans to build highrises will change, and some say ruin, the vibe of sweet little Elliott Point; Josie, 59 and just off breast cancer surgery, ignoring her children’s worried advice in order to flee back to the place where she last was happy; and finally Cully, 81, a seascape artist of some renown, considered an eccentric by the locals because she chooses to live alone in a tumbledown cottage. But they all do share one thing and that’s how much they love this particular beach.
The Longest Day of the Year celebrates the timeless quality of life on the Carolina coast, where a woman could be forgiven for not only forgetting what day of the week it is, but sometimes even forgetting what year it is. As the sun rises and sets on this single perfect summer day, each woman will chase her dreams and attempt to run from her fears, but there’s one thing they’re all sure of: the salt water of Elliott Point has a certain magic and will always be there to baptize a woman into her own personal second chance.
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Additional Praise for The Longest Day of the Year
“Vividly imagined, The Longest Day of the Year is a gorgeous southern novel that captures those twists in a life where comic blends to tragic, and fate and luck collide. Wright is an exceptional writer, and her newest book is s a canny exploration of the dark, seductive legacy of the vanishing American south.” — Dawn Tripp, author of GEORGIA
“I didn’t expect to fall apart while reading these pages, or to bump up against so many familiar longings. But I did, and I love this novel all the more because of it.” — Ariel Lawhon, author of FLIGHT OF DREAMS
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