The release date for the English version of 'The Lifeguards' by
Amanda Eyre Ward is Apr 2023. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
"A novel that unravels the many interpretations of mom, family, and loyalty in a way that is both compelling and timely. I broke it apart.—The Paper Palace author Miranda Cowley Heller
In a compelling book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters, the relationships between three picture-perfect—but fiercely protective—mothers and their close-knit kids are put to the test over the course of one memorable summer.
The Zilker Park district of Austin is a veritable paradise of live music, greenbelt paths, and overindulgent margarita-drinking mothers. After raising their kids together for fifteen years, Whitney, Annette, and Liza have as close as thieves because they think they can protect their kids from a world that is becoming more and more dangerous.As secure as the area in which they have reared their adorable young sons, their bond is unshakable.
Or so they believe.
The three ladies are having happy hour one evening when their boys—who are summertime lifeguards—return on bicycles after a late-night swim at their go-to swimming spot. The boys have a secret that will upend the idyllic environment their moms have laboriously constructed.
The Lifeguards is a gripping novel of suspense filled with half-truths and betrayals, fierce love and complicated friendships, and the loss of innocence on a hot summer night. It combines the perspectives of three mothers in a powerful narrative tale with commentary from amusing neighborhood listservs, secret text messages, and police reports.