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by Elin Hilderbrand
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A Life With Books
A Life With Books rated it 8 years ago
The thing I liked most about this book is the isolation of Tuckernuck Island. I wasn't a total 'fan' of the characters and their attitudes towards one another; a bit childish at times. There were mother-daughter & sister dynamics, as well as marriage, divorce, death and love thrown into the mix. I'v...
loribonesscaswell
loribonesscaswell rated it 9 years ago
Hardcover and Kindle Release July 6, 2010Reagan Arthur Books/Little Brown PublishingThe story takes us to a small island off of Nantucket called Tuckernuck. The home there has been the Tate Family Summer Home since it was built back in 1935, during the depression. For years the family would gather...
loribonesscaswell
loribonesscaswell rated it 9 years ago
Hardcover and Kindle Release July 6, 2010Reagan Arthur Books/Little Brown PublishingThe story takes us to a small island off of Nantucket called Tuckernuck. The home there has been the Tate Family Summer Home since it was built back in 1935, during the depression. For years the family would gather...
Lost Between Pages
Lost Between Pages rated it 11 years ago
So this book had a lot of surprises in it, surprisingly! For a chick lit, I thought it was going to be pretty straightforward, but I was shocked.There was so much that happened in the beginning of the book, where I literally gasped out loud and I was so intrigued to know how this was going to end. U...
jbarrett5 book reviews, etc
jbarrett5 book reviews, etc rated it 12 years ago
The Island by Elin HildenbrandTate woemn-two generations in the family beach cottage.Secrets they all hold.Birdie Cousins is helping her daughter with her wedding preparations.Chez cancels it all....Birdie calls on her sister and the other daughter for help.Summers past have their own chapters to he...
AbibliophobicTendencies♥
AbibliophobicTendencies♥ rated it 12 years ago
2 1/2 ☆Ugh. This book was up abd down for me. some parts I was so interested in. Others I was Bored. It took everything in me to finish the book. Once I understood the names were nicknames I got over that. but each point of view was the same. it never felt like that character telling their point of ...
I'm A Book Shark
I'm A Book Shark rated it 13 years ago
This book is like the poster child for "white people problems" and "first world problems." It's all about the "trouble" of having a summer home on an island that doesn't have real plumbing or a refrigerator. Their car barely works and there's no cell phone reception except for this little pocket two...
Marcia
Marcia rated it 14 years ago
Once again Elin Hilderbrand doesn't disappoint! One of my favorite reads of 2011
cczarneckikernus
cczarneckikernus rated it 14 years ago
better than average beach read
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