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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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Heartfelt

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

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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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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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Thought it would be a typical story

The story line has been done and done again, but having grown up in a broken home, I appreciated the story line and it was a nice grown up reminder that we really don't know all that we think to know about things that happened in our family / families life when we were kids.

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Good story. Horrible language.

I love Krisin Hannah books, but the early ones have a ton of language. The stories are always good.
Im glad i started with The Nightingale, True Colors and Firefly Lane are excellent.

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Wished it could go on.

This book, like many of Kristin Hannah's was just wonderful. I have a close relationship with my sister and mother; every time I listen to her I want to call them and tell them how much they are loved.

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Heartwarming

Kristin never disappoints. Heartwarming family novel. Never give up on our children, they are worth it.

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