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Summer Island

By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Joyce Bean
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Thirty-four-year-old Ruby Bridge is a not-too-successful comedienne who uses her mother, a nationally-syndicated "moral and spiritual counselor" as the main fodder for her cynical, rather bitter humor. Her mother Nora, long divorced from Ruby's father, is a woman whose past is just about to catch up with her - in the form of blackmail by a former lover.

After an accident (an attempted suicide?) Ruby returns to care for her stricken mother - bitterly resenting the fact that once again her mother's life has colonized hers. When she is approached by a publisher to write a biography of her mother, Ruby is desperate for the princely sum offered. Yet her research into her mother's past reveals a woman very different from the one Ruby expected. And what began as "mommy dearest" ends as a love story - not only between mother and daughter, but involving two very different men who play a key role in linking the past to the present.

©2001 Kristin Hannah (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Typical summer read

Story line was fairly interesting. initially it seemed to be a bit repetitious then toward the end it jumped over areas that could have fleshed out the story line.

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Great predictable Story

The narration was slow, the story predictable. overall enjoyable story of how love prevails. A solid feel good story!

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Good but not great!

I liked it. Wasn’t even close to one of my favorites from Ms. Hannah but still an enjoyable read.

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Heartfelt

This book was a well written, heartfelt tearjerker that you don’t want to stop listening to.

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Easy read…summer lazy by the pool book

Easy read… likable characters. Light hearted it would make a great gift for any person that likes to read.

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Awesome

Great story! These were characters that were well developed and I grew to care about each of them. Totally relatable to so many families interwoven situations

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Disappointed

After loving The Four Winds, I expected to love this book. I didn’t. I found it predictable and unrealistic. I’m glad that her writing improved over the years. I’m not giving up on Kristin Hannah!

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this was a very wonderful love story.

loved it. the love and bond between a mother and daughter is so very special

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It was okay

Not what I expected from Kristen Hannah. It was a good book but not filled with the twists and turns of the others.

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Warm and fuzzy

It was super predictable but a nice read
The book would be great on a beach vacation

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