Seeking Sara Summers is a delightful work of fiction that mirrors the very real struggles that women face in our day-to-day lives. The main character is a devoted wife and mother, who in the midst of a battle with breast cancer, begins to really seek the woman she wants to be. Her journey takes her to a place and a person, both integral parts of her youth. Though written in a modern-day setting, the story brings to mind the women of the second wave of feminism who were often faced with choosing between a domestic life and a hopeful, but unwritten future seeking fulfillment as new creatures of freedom. Seeking Sara Summers is a well-crafted tale of a personal journey that reflects both the joy and the anguish that can come with breaking through expectations and becoming our truest selves.

The author’s blurb:

Sara Summers Stanton has raised three children and works as a high school teacher at the same school she attended growing up. Her 25 year marriage is showing cracks in the façade and now she’s dealing with breast cancer.

In a rare moment of taking care of herself instead of everyone else, Sara takes a sabbatical and goes on the trip to Italy she has always dreamed of taking. This search for a more authentic life leads to Julia, a friend she hasn’t seen since they were inseparable as girls, nearly 30 years earlier.

 They reunite in Florence and their friendship continues where they left off, resulting in an unexpected attraction to one another that threatens to turn Sara’s already shaky world upside down.
 

What do you do if you fall in love with your best friend?

Sara’s inner conflict and subsequent choices reveal an unpredictable yet dynamic future for all the characters. Seeking Sara Summers is an emotional and lyrical novel, a timeless story about love, commitment and transformation

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