Kirkus HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Hilderbrands first foray into historical fiction will rouse curiosity in new readers as well as devotees of her annual summer smashes.-Susan Maguire, Booklist Misunderstandings, secrets, and wrong choices are revealed in this completely satisfying novel that is the beach read of the summer, sure to appeal to Hilderbrands fans while earning her new readers. Review Quotes An engrossing tale of an iconic American summer-People Magazine Hilderbrands books keep getting better and better.-Bookreporter Hilderbrands characters are utterly convincing and immediately draw us into their problems, from petty to grave.To use the parlance of the period, a highly relevant retrospective. In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again earns her title as queen of the summer novel.
As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country. And thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, while each of them hides a troubling secret. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Marthas Vineyard. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmothers historic home in downtown Nantucket.
Its 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the 60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrands #1 New York Times bestselling historical novel.
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