Lake Life : Simon & Schuster Audio : 9781797110523 : 1797110527 : 07 Jul 2020 : From the award-winning author of the acclaimed story collection The Heaven of Animals, called &;a wise debut&;beautiful [stories] with a rogue touch&; (The New York Times Book Review), comes a sweeping, domestic novel about a family that reunites at their North Carolina lake house for one last vacation before the home is sold&;and the long-buried secrets that are finally revealed. The Starling family is scattered across the country. Parents Richard and Lisa live in Ithaca, New York, and work at Cornell University. Their son Michael, a salesperson, lives in Dallas with his elementary school teacher wife, Diane. Michael&;s brother, Thad, an aspiring poet, makes his home in New York City with his famous painter boyfriend, Jake. For years they&;ve traveled to North Carolina to share a summer vacation at the family lake house. That tradition is coming to an end, as Richard and Lisa have decided to sell the tr