It's the summer after senior year, and Briggs Henry is out the door. He's leaving behind his ex-girlfriend and his parents' money troubles for Lake Michigan and its miles of sandy beaches, working a summer job as a personal assistant, and living in a gorgeous Victorian on the shore. It's the kind of house Briggs plans to buy his parents one day when he's a multi-millionaire. But then he gets there. And his eighty-four-year-old boss tells him to put on a suit for her funeral. So begins a summer of social gaffes, stomach cramps, fraught beach volleyball games, moonlit epiphanies, and a drawer full of funeral programs. Add to this Abigail, the mystifying girl next door on whom Briggs's charms just won't work, and "the lake effect" is taking on a whole new meaning. Smart, funny, and honest, The Lake Effect is about realizing that playing along is playing it safe, and that you can only become who you truly are if you're willing to take the risk.

 

There are 400 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Erin McCahan (www. erinmccahan. com) is an Ohiodwelling, unabashedly Styx-loving, full-time writer who enjoys a variety of hobbies, excluding roleplaying, sticky things, and karaoke. She lives in New Albany, near Columbus, with her husband. Follow her on Twitter @erinmccahan.