On Mystic Lake

A Novel

By: Kristin Hannah

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

On the day her daughter leaves for college, Anne Colwater's husband of 20 years announces he wants a divorce. Her roles of wife and mother suddenly gone, Annie retreats to her childhood home of Mystic, Washington, to heal. There she finds her old friend Nick, suddenly widowed and unable to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter, Izzie.

Annie agrees to look after Izzie, and soon finds herself caring for both father and daughter with a joy and passion she never expected - and she finds her love returned with a fervor she had never even hoped for. But love is never simple, and it is not until Annie learns a hard lesson from her own grown daughter that she finds the strength to claim the happiness she has earned.

©2004 Kristin Hannah (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Emotionally riveting

I was invested in the characters and their struggles within the first pages. The story weaves humor, sadness, fear, loneliness and accomplishment in familiar life events while evoking emotion in the reader.
The novel is relatable to women and men of many ages and life experiences.
I cannot remember the last time I read a book that reduced me to tears running down my cheeks on more than one occasion.

Excellent!

This is the 3rd book I've listened to by Hanna. She not only narrates beautifully but spins Love stories with heart!

Couldn't stop listening

Narrator was great! Made everyone sound different. Author is great. 2nd book of hers in 3 weeks.

Great reader

The book was very good. Better through the second half. But standing ovation for Susan, my favorite reader!

Captivating

One of the best books I've heard in a while. Could not turn it off!
It kept my attention the entire way, with no slow spots at all.

Started a little slow but got good fast

Great Listen. I love Kristen Hannah. This was pretty good. It was definitely worth the listen.

Connection

I love Kristin Hannah’s books and always have a sense of connection with the main character.

This one hit home as I have filed but not yet finalized my marriage of almost 2 decades. Reminder that there can be a bright future and a new day after brokenness.

Loved it!

I fell in love with the story and characters. I have already recommended it to others.

Kristin Hannah did it good!

This book was captivating. I was actually thinking it couldn’t be nearly as good as the Firefly Lane series but I was happily mistaken. The story line was excellent and Susan Erickson narrated it wonderfully. If I had to give a critique, it would be that I hate when narrators try foreign accents or, as in this case, a woman tries to use a “male voice”. While I understand it’s to show the difference in the character, it just always comes out so obviously fake it distracts me. Overall…I loved this one!

On mystic lake

Not my favorite of Hannah's books but all of her books hold my interest and her characters are very well developed
Her narrators are excellent
I didn't give it 5 stars only because comparing it to her others which I thought incredible I just couldn't legate it to reach those
But she's a magical story teller and I truly enjoyed this book.