Summer Island

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Nora Bridge has transformed herself from an absent mother into a celebrated radio host and advice columnist, but her public authority is threatened when a tabloid exposes a damaging secret. Her estranged daughter Ruby, a struggling comedian who has made bitterness towards Nora part of her act, is offered a large payment to write a revealing account of her mother.

After Nora is injured, Ruby accompanies her to the family home on Summer Island in the San Juans. The return brings Ruby into contact with memories of abandonment, the friends she once loved and the man connected to her deepest regret. As the promised exposé becomes a record of a more complicated family history, mother and daughter must decide whether honesty can produce reconciliation without excusing the harm between them.