{"product_id":"cece-downings-start-over-summer","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 handsome shipyard worker named Morgan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a proposal to expand the oyster farm 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":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48455547715833,"sku":"9780593185179","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_8d59f4a2-38c1-440f-b795-102663f40940.jpg?v=1780035874","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/cece-downings-start-over-summer","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}