Preview - The Island Club by Nicola Harrison
The Island Club
Nicola Harrison
Copyright 2026
290 Pages
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you drop a handful of “perfect” 1950s families onto a sun‑soaked island and gently shake, this book is your answer. Think glossy tennis courts, crisp white dresses, and enough secrets to fill a beach tote.
We meet Milly, freshly arrived on Balboa Island and determined to embody the era’s gold‑standard housewife aesthetic: friendly smile, tidy children, casseroles that could win awards. She quickly falls in with Sylvia, the impeccably coiffed owner of the Island Club — a place where the tennis balls bounce politely, the members judge silently, and the gossip flows like champagne.
But beneath the pastel perfection, things are… cracking. And not in a “small hairline fracture” way — more in a “someone dropped the fine china and is pretending it’s modern art” way.
Adele, a mysterious island resident with a past that once made headlines and now makes her hide behind oversized sunglasses. As she warms up to Milly and Sylvia, the three women form a quietly formidable trio — pearls, secrets, and determination included.
Together, they navigate island politics, personal chaos, and the kind of social expectations that would make any modern woman spontaneously combust. It’s a story of friendship, reinvention, and the unspoken truth that housewives have always been the ones holding everything together while the men… do whatever it is men do.
This preview comes with no spoilers, just a promise: if you like mid‑century drama, hidden pasts, and women quietly running the world from behind their matching patio furniture, you’re in for a treat.
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