By Kristin Hannah
From the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Women, Summer Island is a poignant, warm and tender novel.
The book explores the relationship between a mother and daughter, the complex ties that bind them, the past that separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness.
Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage. She left her daughters behind and disappeared from their lives. Since then, she has built a new life and become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist. Millions admire her for her moral advice and compassionate voice.
Meanwhile, her youngest daughter, Ruby, struggles to find her place in the world. She works as a comedienne and fuels her bitter, cynical humour by mocking her famous mother. This public ridicule reflects their strained relationship and unresolved pain.
A retreat to Summer Island
The situation escalates when the tabloids expose a scandalous secret from Nora’s past. As a result, their estrangement takes on a dramatic new dimension. Nora suffers an injury in an accident, and a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all article about her mother. Driven by financial need and resentment, Ruby returns home under false pretences to care for the woman she has not spoken to in nearly ten years.
Nora insists that they leave the city and retreat to Summer Island. They travel to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby spent her childhood. Summer Island holds memories of love, joy and belonging, reminders of a time before their family fractured.
During their stay on Summer Island, Ruby also reunites with her first love and his brother. The three of them had once been best friends, inseparable. Their bond had been strong until that one fateful summer when Nora walked away and broke everyone’s heart.
As mother and daughter confront the past, the healing power of forgiveness begins to emerge. In Summer Island, Kristin Hannah delivers a moving story about second chances, emotional truth and the enduring bonds of family.
About the author
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.
- Publisher | Pan Macmillan South Africa |
- ISBN | 9781035045945 |
- Recommended Retail Price | R465.00 |
- CLASSIFICATION | Fiction |
