TY - BOOK AU - Hilderbrand,Elin TI - The castaways: a novel SN - 9780316043908 AV - PS3558.I384355 C37 2009 U1 - 813/.54 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Back Bay Books KW - Friendship KW - Fiction KW - Family secrets KW - Psychological fiction KW - Nantucket Island (Mass.) N1 - Includes reader's guide; "Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, July 2009"--T.p. verso N2 - Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns their loss, nothing can prepare the MacAvoy's closest friends for what will be revealed.--From publisher description ER -