Impressive but with room for more | A Summer Affair: A Novel | Elin Hilderbrand
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A Summer Affair: A Novel
Elin Hilderbrand
Little, Brown and Company
, 2008 - 416 pages
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highly recommended
Real People
I am a huge fan of Elin hilderbrand and I found this book to be excellent reading. I could not put it down needing to know what happened in the end. The
affair
was very realistically written.
Good
So this is chick lit. I like it.
Claire Danner Crispin is a mom and wife who lives in a lovely house Nantucket. She seems to have everything but she's still so insecure. That's probably why she'll want to risk everything to have an
affair
with this annoying guy. I don't like him, he's rude. but it's a good story :))
Impressive but with room for more
I just finished this book. Billed as
summer
reading, it's impressive and stands out. The main character, Claire, is not so likeable, although Hilderbrand tries hard to make her so. And I would have liked to see more resolution at the end, perhaps a more substantial ending. It felt too abrupt. Hilderbrand does a nice job of fleshing out her other characters, they are surprising vibrant even when they have minor roles in the story. I love her chapter titles, too - imaginative and meaningful. I'll be reading more of her work.
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I love all her books!
This was such a good book! Claire is a retired glass-blowing mom of four living full time in Nantucket. She is asked by the richest man on Nantucket to co-chair the committee for Nantucket's Children charity, begin glass-blowing again to make the auction piece, and call in a favor from her ex-boyfriend who is a huge rock star for the entertainment. Claire feels the need to agree to it and puts her family life on hold for the next year.
In the very beginning of her co-chairing responsibilities, she falls for the executive director and things start to heat up quickly. The lying and sneaking and problems as co-chair are enough to keep anyone entertained!
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Sheila Crispin Cook, mother of four young children and nationally renowned glassblower, bites off more than she can chew when she agrees to co-chair the Nantucket's Children
Summer
Gala. Sheila is asked to chair the benefit, in part, because she is the former high school sweetheart of rock star Max West. Max agrees to play the gala and it looks like smooth sailing for Sheila-until she promises a "museum-quality" piece of glass for the auction, offers her best friend the catering job, goes nose-to-nose with her Manhattan socialite co-chair, and begins a "good-hearted"
affair
with the charity's Executive Director, Lockhart Dixon.
Hearts break and emotions are pushed to the limit in this riveting story of one woman's attempt to deal with loves past and present, family, business, and high-powered social pressures. Elin Hilderbrand's unique understanding of the joys and longings that animate women's lives will make this her newest summer bestseller.
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