On Tour 07/09/26-08/31/26 “Our Last Vineyard Summer” by Brooke Lea Foster

Paperback Release Date: July 14, 2026

About The Book:

After suffering through her first year of graduate school at Columbia following her senator father’s death, Betsy Whiting is hoping to spend the summer with her boyfriend…and hopefully end the summer as his fiancée. Instead, her mother—a longtime feminist and leader in the women’s rights movement—calls Betsy and her sisters back home to Martha’s Vineyard, announcing that they need to sell their beloved summer house to pay off their father’s debts.

When Betsy arrives on the island a week later, she must reckon with her strained familial relationships, a long-ago forbidden romance, and the complicated legacy of her parents, who divided the family even as they did good for the world.

Following a dual timeline between 1965 and 1978, and filled with the vibrant, sunlit nostalgia of the cherished New England vacation setting, Our Last Vineyard Summer poignantly captures two generations of women navigating grief, sisterhood, and female friendship while trying to find the courage to stand up for what they believe in—and the strength to decide if the home they once loved is worth saving.

About The Author:

Brooke Lea Foster is an award-winning author and journalist who has worked as a writer and editor at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, The Huffington Post and the Washingtonian magazine. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Parents, PARADE, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, Psychology Today, among others.

Her novels, Summer Darlings and On Gin Lane, and All the Summers in Between were featured as top summer reads in People Magazine, named a top summer pick by Entertainment Weekly and named one of PARADE’s best books of summer. She writes the popular Dear Fiction newsletter and she’s the author of three nonfiction books. Our Last Vineyard Summer is her fourth novel.

Social Media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brookeleafoster

Book Blurbs:

“Appealing…the expert plotting is matched by pitch-perfect character work. Foster’s fans will adore this.” –Publishers Weekly

“A quiet powerhouse of a novel—deeply atmospheric, emotionally resonant and steeped in the history and heartbreak of generational womanhood.” –Woman’s World

“A touching portrait of four women testing their strengths in the midst of mourning…Foster unflinchingly explores both the successes and the fallacies of feminism and the challenge of mothering and raising daughters to be strong in a world that only sees their weaknesses. [This] is a novel about memory and the myth of nostalgia, the complexity of grief, the fallibility of progressivism, and the power of choice. Although marketed as a summer read, it is a moving novel for any time of year.” –Historical Novels Review

“A heartfelt tribute to sisterhood and womankind, Our Last Vineyard Summer invites readers into a family home brimming with memories of summers by the sea. With a perfect blend of secrets, misdeeds, and unexpected love, Brooke Lea Foster has crafted a gripping, timely story that will captivate readers from start to finish.” –Amy Poeppel, author of The Sweet Spot

“Brooke Lea Foster’s Our Last Vineyard Summer has all my favorite book ingredients—intriguing mother-daughter dynamics, a vivid Martha’s Vineyard setting, a gripping dual timeline and, best of all, a family secret bombshell that I never saw coming.” –Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls

“Evocative and rich, Our Last Vineyard Summer captures the enduring and complicated love between mothers and daughters in this fascinating tale of one family’s memorable summers at the beach. Foster depicts two generations of women who are stubborn and smart, vulnerable and competitive, but she does so with compassion and wit that makes you cheer them on until the end.” –Jo Piazza, internationally bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance

“Both a generational mystery and a feminist coming of age, Our Last Vineyard Summer is an engrossing and poignant look at family in all its complicated depth. It had me gripped from the first page.” –Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author of It’s a Love Story.

“A radiant, sun-flushed summer novel packed with beaches, secrets, and sisters. Foster has imbued this brilliant, feminist beach read with skill and heart and optimism. This is historical fiction at its very best, as relevant as this morning’s news, as enjoyable as a summer day at the beach.” –Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author

“Both timely and timeless—a compelling, thoughtful novel that explores complex family relationships and the changing roles of women over time. This is a book you will want to pass to your mother, daughter, sister, and best friend and say, Read this!” –Julie Gerstenblatt, author of Daughters on Nantucket

Bloggers On Tour:

July 9th – Books and Coffee MX https://instagram.com/booksandcoffeemx

July 11th -Plains Reading https://instagram.com/plains_reading

July 15th- Laura’s Next Chapter https://instagram.com/laurasnextchapter

July 20th – Reading Is My Remedy https://instagram.com/reading_is_my_remedy

July 20th- Carol Doscher https://instagram.com/carol_doscher_reader

July 20th- Books Love And Understanding https://instagram.com/booksloveandunderstanding

July 24th- Reading On The Brink https://www.instagram.com/readingonthebrink

July 25th- Texacali Books https://instagram.com/texacalibooks

July 30th- Marilyn Goncalves https://instagram.com/marilynjgon

July 31st- Sarahs Bookish Reviews https://instagram.com/sarahs.bookish.reviews

Aug. 3rd – Tammy Reads https://instagram.com/tammyreads62