Penelope Simpson seems to finally be getting her life back on track.She returns to Port Edgerton, New York with much to figure out, but she becomes certain of one thing-she wants to share whatever her future holds with Peter Vandegelder. When Penelope proposes, he says yes through joyful tears.The future shines brighter still when she meets Skanda, an eccentric artist who asks her to help him turn Port Edgerton's defunct Shady Grove Bungalow Colony into a world-class artist's retreat and Penelope sees the opportunity to reenter the art world.But soon Penelope finds the project's increasing demands intruding on everything else, including her plans with Peter and an unexpected discovery at Shady Grove further upends her life, testing their relationship to its limits. All the while, conflicts are brewing in Port Edgerton that threaten to boil over, pitting neighbor against neighbor, and generation against generation, with the town's very future at stake.Can Port Edgerton find a way to move forward or will it be mired in the past? Will this conflict's fallout be what drives Penelope and Peter to leave Port Edgerton for good?
Penelope Simpson seems to finally be getting her life back on track.She returns to Port Edgerton, New York with much to figure out, but she becomes certain of one thing-she wants to share whatever her future holds with Peter Vandegelder. When Penelope proposes, he says yes through joyful tears.The future shines brighter still when she meets Skanda, an eccentric artist who asks her to help him turn Port Edgerton's defunct Shady Grove Bungalow Colony into a world-class artist's retreat and Penelope sees the opportunity to reenter the art world.But soon Penelope finds the project's increasing demands intruding on everything else, including her plans with Peter and an unexpected discovery at Shady Grove further upends her life, testing their relationship to its limits. All the while, conflicts are brewing in Port Edgerton that threaten to boil over, pitting neighbor against neighbor, and generation against generation, with the town's very future at stake.Can Port Edgerton find a way to move forward or will it be mired in the past? Will this conflict's fallout be what drives Penelope and Peter to leave Port Edgerton for good?
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