‘I want us to be brothers again. ‘ ‘We’ve always been brothers,’ Dean answered uncomfortably.
Page 41
‘No,’ Eric said softly, ‘We’ve been members of the same family. We haven’t been brothers in years.’
In a nutshell
Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her family, leaving her two daughters behind. She became a famous talk show host and agony aunt columnist known for her family centric advice. Her youngest daughter Ruby, a struggling comedian, uses her mother as fodder for her sets, refusing to have any contact with her.
When a secret is unearthed from Nora’s past, the new world she’s created threatens to crumble. Following a serious accident, a tabloid offers Ruby a handsome payout if she’ll write a tell all about her mother. Ruby returns home, to a mother she hasn’t spoken to in over a decade and the small town she grew up in filled with the ghosts of days past.
Book Club Notes
Summer Island is a book that will have you hooked and teary eyed, while simultaneously feeling like you’re getting gems of life advice. In other words, it’s what you’d expect from a Kirstin Hannah novel. She has a magnificent way of weaving together an emotional story, while casually dropping wisdom that goes beyond her fictional characters. It is utterly absorbing.
Read If
You love Kirstin Hannah, agony aunt columns and stories of redemption.
Rating
Writing – 10/10
Character Development – 9/10
Plot Twist – 8/10
Shareability – 10/10
The Nitty Gritty
Published by: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1035045945
Pages: 392
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Storyline: How good is the storyline? Is it believable and complex or does it make you shake your head in its ridiculousness?
Writing: How well written is the book? Do you find yourself wowed by the writing or unimpressed?
Character Development: Do the characters evolve and grow through the book and are they multi-dimensional?
Plot Twist: Were you able to predict the end, or did the author give you some surprises along the way to keep you on your toes?
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