{"product_id":"9780735241664","title":"Cece Downing's Start Over Summer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA witty, heartfelt novel about a young woman who leaves everything behind to work on an oyster farm in a small New England town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently fired from her dependable career as an actuary, and recovering from a messy breakup with her fiancé, thirty-two-year-old Cece Downing is holed up for the summer in New London, Connecticut, without a plan. Mounting financial debts soon force Cece to take the first job opportunity that comes her way—one she’s wholly unsuited for—as a deckhand on an oyster boat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurprisingly, Cece finds herself loving the job: working with her hands, breathing the fresh sea air, and learning the ins and outs of oyster farming. And despite her overbearing mother’s pleas to get a “real” job and reunite with her wealthy fiancé, Cece plunges headlong into an ill-advised romance with her neighbor, a shipyard worker named Morgan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a proposal for a new oyster farm off the town’s coastline throws the community into an uproar, pitting wealthy waterfront owners against blue collar workers, Cece finds herself caught in the middle. And as a family crisis forces her to reevaluate her reckless choices Cece must come to terms with what she’s willing to sacrifice for the life she wants to live.","brand":"Soon Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47068947972284,"sku":"9780735241664","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0c338382-a647-4de1-a7f9-7eeca0f2fb20.jpg?v=1783363889","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9780735241664","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}