A sun-baked， beautifully observed debut for readers who loved Amy and Isabelle—a mother and daughter come of age in Las Vegas. Helen is just fifteen， lanky and striking. She is a lifeguard at the pool at The Dunes hotel this summer—her first job， a step toward independence in a world beginning to treat her as an adult and a woman. Her mother， Kathy， watching Helen grow up， suddenly finds herself in a place equally uncertain: her children getting older， her stable marriage perhaps too stable， the slow days of summer leaving her adrift. When she meets Helen s boss， the manager at the pool， she chooses an affair that opens her to the idea of a different sort of life. Following Helen and Kathy through three summers， this novel is an intimate picture of two sexual awakenings under one roof and their aftershocks on a family. Heather Skyler shows us that the validity of life s deepest experiences—love， betrayal， acceptance—is never compromised by age.