A Week of Warm Weather
Book Feature - A Week of Warm Weather by Lee Bukowski
HBL Note: I have a debut novelist to introduce you to! Meet Lee Bukowski, author of A WEEK OF WARM WEATHER, which is being compared to Clock Dance, Ask Again, Yes, and What’s Not Said. So if you enjoyed any of those books, then you’ll definitely want to check out this one. Despite the warm fuzzies brought to mind by the title, this novel is moving and emotionally raw, exploring addiction and the havoc it can wreck on families. Scroll down to read more.
From the publisher:
Tessa Cordelia appears to have it all—a loving husband who’s just opened a dental practice, a beautiful baby girl, a big house in the suburbs, and a large, supportive family. But when her husband's reckless choices resurrect a trauma from her childhood, she must decide which is more costly: keeping his secrets or revealing them. He manipulates Tessa into believing his career and their happiness depend on her silence. She feels like she’s losing her mind. Is her husband's habit so awful? In many ways, he’s an ideal husband; should she let him have this one thing? Determined to maintain the lie that she’s living the perfect life, Tess lies to everyone she knows—except for CeCe, a woman new to the area whom she’s just befriended. But after confiding in her, Tessa learns that CeCe has an explosive secret of her own, and her world is further upended.
A gripping, nuanced exploration of the havoc addiction can wreak on a family, A Week of Warm Weather is the story of a woman who has to figure out how much she is willing to lose in order to find herself.