What Difference Can One Summer Make?
Let’s take a
trip to the beach! Today I want to take
a step back to one of Elin’s first novel Summer People. Pull up a chair for some rich relationships
and great beach scenery. What would a
town like Nantucket have to offer a grieving family?
“Every
summer the Newton family retreats to their beloved home on Nantucket for three
months of sunshine, cookouts, and bonfires on the beach. But this summer will
not be like any other. When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in
a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow, Beth,
can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must
continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same time
fulfill a promise that Arch made before he died.
Beth invites
Marcus, the son of Arch's final and most challenging client, to spend the
summer with her and her teenage twins, Winnie and Garrett, who have mixed
reactions to sharing their special summer place with this stranger. Always a
place of peace before, Nantucket becomes the scene of roiling emotions and
turbulent passions as Marcus, Winnie, and Garrett learn about loss, first love,
and betrayal. And when they stumble upon a shocking secret from Beth's past,
they must keep it from destroying the family they've been trying so hard to
heal. “(Amazon)
My
Thoughts:
I enjoyed
the novel. It is shorter than most of
her other novels. It focuses on the
subject of grief and how it affects the main characters involved. What are the consequences of their
action? I think Summer People was her debut
novel. I will continue to be a fan of
Elin Hilderbrand! I hope you will check
out her latest novel Winter in Paradise.
Rating:
4/5
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