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Summer Island

A Novel
By Kristin Hannah
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Summer Island by Kristin Hannah explores the complex relationship between Nora Bridge, a renowned radio host and columnist, and her youngest daughter, Ruby, a struggling comedienne. Years after Nora left her family, a scandal from her past resurfaces, prompting Ruby to return home under false pretences to care for her injured mother. The story unfolds on Summer Island, where Ruby confronts childhood memories, reunites with lost loves, and embarks on a journey of forgiveness and understanding, ultimately learning to see her mother—and herself—with new eyes.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This poignant and luminous novel appeals to readers of contemporary fiction interested in family dynamics, emotional growth, and heartfelt reconciliation. Fans of character-driven stories with rich emotional depth will find it especially compelling.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The renowned author of The Women presents a poignant, funny, luminous novel about a mother and daughter—the complex ties that bind them, the past that separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness.

“[Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into the characters’ psyches and delineating nuances of feeling.”—Washington Post Book World

Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humour. When the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Nora’s past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic: Nora is injured in an accident and a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. Under false pretences, Ruby returns home to take care of the woman she hasn't spoken to for almost a decade.

Nora insists they retreat to Summer Island in the San Juans, to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby grew up, a place filled with childhood memories of love and joy and belonging. There Ruby is also reunited with her first love and his brother. Once, the three of them had been best friends, inseparable. Until the summer that Nora had left and everyone's hearts had been broken...

What began as an exposé evolves, as Ruby writes, into an exploration of her family’s past. Nora is not the woman Ruby has hated all these years. Witty, wise, and vulnerable, she is desperate to reconcile with her daughter. As the magazine deadline draws near and Ruby finishes what has begun to seem to her an act of brutal betrayal, she is forced to grow up and at last to look at her mother—and herself—through the eyes of a woman. And she must, finally, allow herself to love.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780345483447

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 November 2004

Country: United States

Imprint: Ballantine Books Inc.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 448

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Fiction General Fiction Kristin Hannah Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Kristin Hannah is the bestselling author of On Mystic Lake, Angel Falls, Distant Shores, Between Sisters, and The Things We Do For Love. She lives with her husband and son in the Pacific Northwest. Visit her online at www.kristinhannah.com.

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