As summer turns to fall, one of my college students and I are finishing up our beach reads. We have been enjoying Grace Palmer's Sweet Island Inn. A romantic, funny and at times sad series of books that takes place in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Palmer identifies the struggles a family goes through living on the island. As my student and I finish this final book, we are somewhat disheartened, but look forward to reading Palmer’s next series of books, Willow Beach Inn. Grace Palmer’s novels describe portraits of love and loss against an emotional backdrop of family, friendship, motherhood, and marriage.