The Outer Cape Book Reading and Signing

To most New Englanders, the Cape is a picturesque getaway destination filled with opportunities for R&R. But the place is anything but placid for the troubled Kelly family in Cape Cod native Patrick Dacey’s debut novel, The Outer Cape. Real estate agent Robert embarks on a land scam, while his wife Irene, a frustrated artist, struggles with bulimia and the demands of motherhood. Two decades later, their sons Nathan and Andrew reunite on the beaches of their childhood to confront distant parents, past regrets and the diagnosis that brought them all together. Get to know the family when Dacey hits Harvard Book Store for a reading and signing on July 14. / Noreen Plabutong