Breaking and Holding: A Novel

Breaking and Holding: A Novel

<p>For Patricia Curren, the summer of 1978 begins with a devastating discovery: an unfamiliar black pearl button in the bed she shares with her controlling husband, Jack. Seeking the courage to end her desolate marriage, Patricia spends a quiet summer alone on beautiful Kiawah Island. But when she meets Terry Sloan, a collegiate tennis player trying to go pro, their physical attraction sparks a slow burn toward obsession.</p><p>Once Patricia and Terry share closely guarded secrets from their pasts, they want more than a summer together. But their love soon fractures, as a potential sponsor takes an unusually keen interest in Terry—both on court and off. And when single, career-driven Lynn Hewitt arrives, other secrets must surface, including the one Patricia has kept from Terry all summer.</p><p>An intimate portrait of the folly of the human heart, <i>Breaking and Holding</i> explores buried truths that are startlingly unveiled. What’s left in their wake has the power not only to shatter lives…but to redeem them.</p>