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| ISBN: | 0316043877 (ISBN13: 9780316043878) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Elin Hilderbrand
Hardcover | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 3.9 | 41068 Users | 2697 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Island |
| Author | : | Elin Hilderbrand |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | July 6th 2010 by Reagan Arthur Books (first published January 1st 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance. Audiobook. Contemporary. Adult Fiction |
Description As Books The Island
A summertime story only Elin Hilderbrand can tell: a family in upheaval after a cancelled wedding fill an island summer with heartache, laughter, and surprises.Birdie Cousins has thrown herself into the details of her daughter Chess's lavish wedding, from the floating dance floor in her Connecticut back yard to the color of the cocktail napkins. Like any mother of a bride-to-be, she is weathering the storms of excitement and chaos, tears and joy. But Birdie, a woman who prides herself on preparing for every possibility, could never have predicted the late-night phone call from Chess, abruptly announcing that she's cancelled her engagement.
It's only the first hint of what will be a summer of upheavals and revelations. Before the dust has even begun to settle, far worse news arrives, sending Chess into a tailspin of despair. Reluctantly taking a break from the first new romance she's embarked on since the recent end of her 30-year marriage, Birdie circles the wagons and enlists the help of her younger daughter Tate and her own sister India. Soon all four are headed for beautiful, rustic Tuckernuck Island, off the coast of Nantucket, where their family has summered for generations. No phones, no television, no grocery store - a place without distractions where they can escape their troubles.
But throw sisters, daughters, ex-lovers, and long-kept secrets onto a remote island, and what might sound like a peaceful getaway becomes much more. Before summer has ended, dramatic truths are uncovered, old loves are rekindled, and new loves make themselves known.
Rating Containing Books The Island
Ratings: 3.9 From 41068 Users | 2697 ReviewsAssess Containing Books The Island
Easy and fun beach book.The women were a little over the top with their issues but I loved how they enjoyedtheir cocktail hour every evening.....very funny! The thing I got out of this book is I want to try the wine they drank....Sancerre....heard itwas delicious.Fun read that is forgetable when you leave the beach!Well-crafted characters but a slow story. The island of Tuckernuck sounds heavenly. I was really hoping for more of a happy beach read with these four women instead of lots of drama. However, real life is messy, so it was aptly written.
I really liked this story of four women, two sets of sisters a generation apart, spending a month together on an island off the coast of Nantucket. The setting is one of the things that brought the novel alive. Elin Hilderbrand knows this tiny island. She takes the reader by the hand and leads them all over it making them see it, vividly. You can nearly feel the sand give under your feet and smell the salty air. She knows these two pairs of sisters, too, and the particularly layered and
This novel is about 4 women (two 30-something sisters and their mother and aunt) and the month they spend together in their family home on Tuckernuck Island, off Nantucket. Everything about this novel seems so contrived, from the constant references to brand names, the author's political views (really, what did that add to the novel?) to the drama these women drew to themselves. Each of these women were incredibly shallow, petty, jealous and immature and seemed to be focused on only 4 things -
Relationships, especially family relationships are fraught with potholes.Hell, let's be honest here, minefields! Especially complicated is the mother/daughter relationship.Throw in some sisterly sibling rivalry with a trip to an isolated island for some togetherness and you have the premise for this book. There are no easy answers to the troubles that plague the four women of this family. Each harbors simmering resentments,hurts, fears.And they truly love one another. Through all the mess that
A typical beach read with a lot of drama in women's lives. I did not like the characters at all. I even didn't like their names-Birdie, India, Chess, Tate. These were rich spoiled women who didn't deserve the men in their lives. But, ofcourse everything works out perfectly for them and everyone lives happily ever after. Bleh!!
The relationships in this novel are both heartfelt and multi-faceted. At the heart of the story are the relationships between mothers, daughters and sisters. This is also a story about soul searching and reconnecting. I enjoyed Elin Hilderbrand's storytelling, she really drew me in. As the story flowed, I enjoyed getting to 'know' these characters even better. They each had a story to share, and each story was slowly revealed. The book is told in alternating point of views from the four women. I
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