Our Last Vineyard Summer: A Novel

by Brooke Lea Foster

336 pages, Paperback

Published July 14, 2026

About the author

Brooke Lea Foster is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, People, PARADE, Parents, Psychology Today, Washingtonian,and The Atlantic, among others.

Reviews

[Sara Reinhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was pleasantly surprised with this book. It was well written and I enjoyed the story and the characters. This is a story following a 'picture perfect' family where the three daughters find out some secrets about their parents, revealing nobody is perfect. And everyone has secrets.

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A senator’s wife and her three grown daughters gather at their beloved Vineyard home. A year after Charlie’s passing, the pressure to sell the house grows, but hidden secrets and the daughters’ determination spark a plan to keep it in the family. Their mother, Virgie, outspoken in her feminist beliefs and writing, has taught them to fight for what they want. The story shows moments of strong female bonding and support, alongside the inevitable misunderstandings between mothers and daughters, daughters and fathers, and sisters. In the end, much of the past is resolved, bringing the family closer together. Told in a dual timeline of 1965 and 1978, some parts of the Nantucket storyline feel unclear, especially regarding financial responsibilities and arrangements.