Summer Island
Written by Kristin Hannah
Narrated by Joyce Bean
4/5
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About this audiobook
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.
Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestselling author with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Great Alone won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a bestselling series on Netflix. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great read/listen as always by a great author. Bad thing is once you start you don’t want to put it down. Is that a bad thing?
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A wonderful story, sad in parts, but a beautiful story all the same! The narrator was perfect, still don’t like the change though, in sounds, when they are on the phone or reminiscing.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I absolutely love this book and as I have said before I love Kristin Hannah’s books, it really makes you think about how many families have gone through mother daughter problems
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I really enjoyed The Nightingale with the quality of writing, the plot and character development. I did not finish this book because of the frequency of course language and i felt it detracted from the storyline and decreased the quality of writing.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5About love mother Child, what we hide and the healing of showing up true to oneself and others.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I thought it was ok. Yes I shed a few tears.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A little drawn out but a decent read. Heart Warming
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love Kristin Hannah books, but this one was a bit boring and drawn out
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5So far, I have loved all of Kristin Hannah’s books I’ve read. This one has been my least favorite. I felt like it was lacking in depth, and kind of rushed through the story, to get to the predictable ending. The narrator of this audiobook however, did a great job at keeping the listener engaged.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved it! What a wonderful redemption story and wonderful listen.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sweet story and easy read. Leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy.