Summer People: A Novel
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Hilderbrand, Elin
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St. Martin's Publishing Group , 2010.
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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.

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eBook, Kindle
Street Date
04/27/2010
Language
English
ISBN
9781429905473
Subjects
Fiction
Literature

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Elin Hilderbrand and Nancy Thayer both write novels that feature characters dealing with the issues that face every woman; love, death, family and friendship. Both authors write novels that are character-driven and set on the island of Nantucket. -- Nanci Milone Hill
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Published Reviews

Booklist Review

Manhattanite Beth Newton is taking her family to Nantucket for their typical island summer, except this year is anything but typical. Absent is Arch, Beth's husband and father to her twin son and daughter, Garrett and Winnie. Present (at Arch's invitation, before he died in a plane crash) is the black 17-year-old son of a woman Arch had been defending against the death penalty after she killed her sister-in-law and niece. The family intends to spend the summer resting and healing, but tensions quickly build over Garrett's resentment of Marcus' presence. Things heat up more when Beth finds that her first love, full-time Nantucket resident David, now separated from his wife, seems eager to rekindle old times. Meanwhile, the kids develop complicated relationships of their own: Garrett with David's older daughter, Winnie with Marcus. Hilderbrand's third Nantucket-set novel effectively juxtaposes the surface calm of the season with the turbulence of the characters' lives. More entertaining beach reading from the author of The Beach Club (2000) and Nantucket Nights (2002). --Beth Leistensnider Copyright 2003 Booklist

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Booklist Reviews

Manhattanite Beth Newton is taking her family to Nantucket for their typical island summer, except this year is anything but typical. Absent is Arch, Beth's husband and father to her twin son and daughter, Garrett and Winnie. Present (at Arch's invitation, before he died in a plane crash) is the black 17-year-old son of a woman Arch had been defending against the death penalty after she killed her sister-in-law and niece. The family intends to spend the summer resting and healing, but tensions quickly build over Garrett's resentment of Marcus' presence. Things heat up more when Beth finds that her first love, full-time Nantucket resident David, now separated from his wife, seems eager to rekindle old times. Meanwhile, the kids develop complicated relationships of their own: Garrett with David's older daughter, Winnie with Marcus. Hilderbrand's third Nantucket-set novel effectively juxtaposes the surface calm of the season with the turbulence of the characters' lives. More entertaining beach reading from the author of The Beach Club (2000) and Nantucket Nights (2002). ((Reviewed June 1 & 15, 2003)) Copyright 2003 Booklist Reviews

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hilderbrand, E. (2010). Summer People: A Novel . St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hilderbrand, Elin. 2010. Summer People: A Novel. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hilderbrand, Elin. Summer People: A Novel St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2010.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Hilderbrand, E. (2010). Summer people: a novel. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hilderbrand, Elin. Summer People: A Novel St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2010.

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