Summary:
A middle class husband and wife decide to spend the winter in "The Ark," their New Hampshire summer place where they used to take their children. This year the town is preparing for its bicentennial, causing both the locals and the summer people to look back and ahead to changed relationships as marriages age and young people enter adulthood.

I would recommend this book!

Why?
This is a contemplative piece about classes in America, the love between friends and the relationships between men and women. The book celebrates the stability afforded by a beloved place over time in a person's life.