In this book you will travel to a northern Michigan town that is still charming and rustic, and brilliantly captures lives that have been marked by loss, perseverance, an abiding faith and the love of friends and family as it sojourns between sentiment and satire. You will hear an unaccustomed rhythm in the voices of the Whispering Pines Inn as it is recounted here in loving detail. Poignant and funny, it will have you laughing out loud and sometimes crying about an unforgettable unforgettable boy and girl coming of age pre-World War II America in East Jordan Michigan along the shores of Lake Charlevoix and Lake Michigan. A charming summer getaway in Northern Michigan, the Whispering Pines Inn is in disrepair when Maggie inherits it in 1963. At 43 years old, Maggie finds herself struggling with the difficulties of bringing the inn back to its glory days, all while navigating small town politics, sketchy guests, and realizing she has come to love and need her childhood friend Burt despi