As we’ve done the last few years, Novel Ideas will be taking the months of July and August off. Whether you’re going to the summer conferences, enjoying a vacation with family or friends, or just staying home, have a wonderful summer! When we meet in September, we will be discussing A Little Ray Of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins. DB 115175. This book is available on Bookshare at the following link: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5982941?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPUElMkJMaXR0bGUlMkJSYXklMkJPZiUyQlN1bnNoaW5lJTJC The Synopsis from BARD is below: A kid walks into your bookstore and. Guess what? He’s your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! And a huge surprise it is. It’s a huge surprise for his adoptive mother, Monica, who thought she had a close relationship with Matthew, her nearly adult son. But apparently, he felt the need to secretly arrange a vacation to Cape Cod for the summer so he could meet his birth mother. Without a word to her or his dad. It’s also a surprise to say the least to Harlow, the woman who secretly placed her baby for adoption so many years ago. She’s spent the years since then building a quiet life. She runs a bookstore with her grandfather, hangs out with her four younger siblings and is more or less happily single, though she can’t help gravitating toward Grady Byrne, her old friend from high school. He’s moved back to town, three-year-old daughter in tow, no wife in the picture. But she’s always figured her life had to be child-free, so that complicates things. When Matthew walks into Harlow’s store, she faints. Monica panics. And all their assumptions about what being a parent really means explode. This summer will be full of more surprises as both their families are redefined. And as both women learn that for them, there’s no limit to a mother’s love. Host: Randi Shelton E-Mail: rshelton820@gmail.com