Carousel Beach

by Orly Konig

Overview

A marriage torn apart by grief. A cryptic letter left on a grave. A secret promise engraved on a carousel horse.

When artist Maya Brice and her husband Vale move to the Delaware beach town where she spent her summers with her grandparents, Maya takes on the restoration of the historic carousel. But in one devastating day, Maya's world falls apart with the deaths of her grandmother and her unborn baby. 

On the one-year anniversary of the deaths, the last animal of the carousel arrives-the horse that holds special memories for Maya. A mysterious inscription on the horse's belly and a cryptic letter left on her grandmother's grave lead Maya to the ninety year-old carver of the carousel. 

While stripping chipped layers of paint from the old horse and peeling layers of fragmented memories from the old man, Maya untangles intertwined secrets of love, heartbreak, and misunderstandings, and discovers a path to forgiving herself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798990690622
Publisher:	Next Chapter Books, LLC
Publication date:	08/05/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	453
File size:	516 KB

About the Author

After years in the corporate world (most of it in the space industry), ORLY KONIG took a leap into the creative world of fiction. She is the founding president of the Womens Fiction Writers Association and an active member of the Writers in the Storm blog. She lives in Maryland with her family. The Secrets We Spin is her second novel.

Editorial Reviews

"This captivating novel has all the ingredients for the perfect beach read or a lively book club discussion, leaving readers with a tear in their eye and a smile in their heart."—RT Bookreviews (Top Pick!)

Praise for The Distance Home

“Secrets, betrayals, and compelling human and equine characters abound in this absorbing and heartfelt novel about one woman’s difficult journey toward forgiveness.”—Meg Donohue, USA Today bestselling author

“Konig beautifully captures the peace of being with horses, and how fragile that peace can be.”—Susan Wilson, New York Times bestselling author

“A lovely and evocative story . . . moving easily from past to present, and weaving the two seamlessly, Konig’s writing is captivating from beginning to end.”—Shelley Noble, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

From the Publisher

05/15/2018
Artist Maya Brice has always felt closer to her free-spirited grandmother than to her stuffy mother and enjoyed their time spent at a gorgeous old carousel in the park. But when Maya loses her unborn baby and her grandmother in the same short time period, she's shattered, and her relationship with her husband, Vale, suffers. She becomes fully absorbed in the restoration of the carousel for its grand Fourth of July reopening. Then a chance encounter with old flame Simon, a doctor at a local nursing home, leads Maya to meet 90-year-old Hank Hauser, the original carver of the carousel. As Hank's Alzheimer's progresses, he begins to mistake Maya for her grandmother, revealing long-kept secrets, raising plenty of questions for Maya. Why did he carve her Grandma's name into the most beautiful horse on the carousel? Can Maya find a way to move forward with Vale and her distant mother? Maya tries to heal herself as she brings the carousel horses back to life with each brushstroke. VERDICT Konig's second novel (after The Distance Home) offers a heartfelt family drama that spans three generations.—Beth Gibbs, Davidson, NC

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