Spectacular Things: Reese’s Book Club A Novel

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Two sisters. One small Maine town. A lifetime of impossible choices.

Beck Dorey-Stein, the New York Times bestselling author and Maine native, delivers a sweeping portrait of sisterhood that feels as familiar as salt air and as piercing as a winter wind off the Atlantic. Spectacular Things asks the questions we’re all afraid to answer: What would you sacrifice for the person you love most? And when does loyalty tip into self-destruction?

Meet Mia and Cricket Lowe—the gifted daughters of a young single mother, known to everyone in their coastal community. Mia, the responsible one, becomes a caretaker before she’s ready. Cricket, all boundless energy and raw talent, seems destined for soccer stardom. But dreams this big demand a price neither sister anticipated paying.

As the Lowe girls navigate their mother’s secret past and their own uncertain futures, they must reckon with love, ambition, and the weight of what they owe each other. Dorey-Stein captures the particular ache of watching someone you love chase a dream that might cost them everything—including you.

This is literary fiction that reads like a conversation with your most perceptive friend: sharp, tender, and impossible to put down. A story about the bonds that shape us and the courage it takes to define ourselves beyond them. Perfect for readers who loved The Great Believers or Commonwealth, and anyone who has ever struggled with the beautiful, complicated weight of family.

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