A marriage torn apart by grief. A cryptic letter left on a grave. A secret promise engraved on a carousel horse.
When artist Maya Brice and her husband Vale move to the Delaware beach town where she spent her summers with her grandparents, Maya takes on the restoration of the historic carousel. But in one devastating day, Maya’s world falls apart with the deaths of her grandmother and her unborn baby.
On the one-year anniversary of the deaths, the last animal of the carousel arrives—the horse that holds special memories for Maya. A mysterious inscription on the horse’s belly and a cryptic letter left on her grandmother’s grave lead Maya to the ninety year-old carver of the carousel.
While stripping chipped layers of paint from the old horse and peeling layers of fragmented memories from the old man, Maya untangles intertwined secrets of love, heartbreak, and misunderstandings, and discovers a path to forgiving herself.
Carousel Beach was originally published in 2018 by Forge.
When artist Maya Brice and her husband Vale move to the Delaware beach town where she spent her summers with her grandparents, Maya takes on the restoration of the historic carousel. But in one devastating day, Maya’s world falls apart with the deaths of her grandmother and her unborn baby.
On the one-year anniversary of the deaths, the last animal of the carousel arrives—the horse that holds special memories for Maya. A mysterious inscription on the horse’s belly and a cryptic letter left on her grandmother’s grave lead Maya to the ninety year-old carver of the carousel.
While stripping chipped layers of paint from the old horse and peeling layers of fragmented memories from the old man, Maya untangles intertwined secrets of love, heartbreak, and misunderstandings, and discovers a path to forgiving herself.
Carousel Beach was originally published in 2018 by Forge.
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“With tender (sometimes raw) emotion, Konig explores the relationship between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, grandmothers and granddaughters, first loves and forever loves.”
— RT Book Reviews
One of Southern Living's Beach Reads Perfect for Summer Vacation
“A gorgeous book about the delicate, precarious nature of every choice we make and how second chances don't always look the way you think they will.”
— Amy Impellizzeri, award winning author
“This is a lovely, wrenching story of love, loss, family secrets and coming to grips with grief. Well written and utterly engaging.”
— Goodreads review
“Orly Konig's Carousel Beach is a powerful novel that untangles the secrets of love, heartbreak, and misunderstandings between three generations of women, perfect for summer beach reading and book clubs.”
— Goodreads review
— RT Book Reviews
One of Southern Living's Beach Reads Perfect for Summer Vacation
“A gorgeous book about the delicate, precarious nature of every choice we make and how second chances don't always look the way you think they will.”
— Amy Impellizzeri, award winning author
“This is a lovely, wrenching story of love, loss, family secrets and coming to grips with grief. Well written and utterly engaging.”
— Goodreads review
“Orly Konig's Carousel Beach is a powerful novel that untangles the secrets of love, heartbreak, and misunderstandings between three generations of women, perfect for summer beach reading and book clubs.”
— Goodreads review