Book Lovers Book Club
Mon, Aug 04
|Birch Tree Books and Plants
Join us for discussion of our next book with your host, Courtney!
Time & Location
Aug 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Birch Tree Books and Plants, 11 W Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA
About the event
Order The Summer We Ran on Bookshop.org
"The Summer We Ran is a perfectly nostalgic story of love, loss, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. It's exactly what I hope for in a summertime read."--Annabel Monaghan, author of Same Time Next Summer
Does your past define your destiny? Told through multiple perspectives, rich with emotion and immersive dual timelines, The Summer We Ran weaves together a story of lost love, devastating secrets, shocking sabotage, and the painstaking decision two people must make in order to fulfill the futures they each desire.
In the summer of 1996, teenage Tess Murphy's mom gave her two rules to abide by: keep quiet and stay out of trouble. Her mother landed a new job as a cook at an affluent Virginia estate and didn't want anything to risk the opportunity, least of all her outspoken daughter. What no one saw coming was Tess…