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The bonds between three picture-perfect--but viciously protective--mothers and their close-knit sons are tested during one unforgettable summer in a gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters. Austin's Zilker Park neighborhood is a wonderland of greenbelt trails, live music, and moms who drink a few too many margaritas. Whitney, Annette, and Liza have grown thick as thieves as they have raised their children together for fifteen years, believing that they can shelter them their children from an increasingly dangerous world. Their friendship is unbreakable--as safe as the neighborhood where they've raised their sweet little boys. Or so they think. One night, the three women have been enjoying happy hour when their boys, lifeguards for the summer, come back on bicycles from a late-night dip in their favorite swimming hole. The boys share a secret--news that will shatter the perfect world their mothers have so painstakingly created. Combining three mothers' points of view in a powerful narrative tale with commentary from entertaining neighborhood listservs, secret text messages, and police reports, The Lifeguards is both a story about the secrets we tell to protect the ones we love and a riveting novel of suspense filled with half-truths and betrayals, fierce love and complicated friendships, and the loss of innocence on one hot summer night.
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I seem to be in the minority in my enjoyment of Amanda Eyre Ward's writing. Neither of her books I've read, The Jetsetters and The Lifeguards, were well-received, but I really enjoyed both of them. This was a fun summer read and I loved all the Austin references.
The twist was dark, but great! Normally wouldn't be my thing, although it worked well here.
I love the way Amanda Eyre Ward writes about family relationships, which are one of my favorite things to read about. While The Jetsetters was about acknowledging your parents as imperfect people and forgiving them their mistakes, The Lifeguards was about parents coming to terms with the perfect worlds they seek to create for their children and embracing an imperfect world in order to create resilient children. I loved this book and will continue to read whatever AEW writes!
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