{"product_id":"summer-island-a-novel","title":"Summer Island: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hannah, Kristin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 1st\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Kindle Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Kindle eBook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 25-06-2002\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • The author of the cherished bestseller \u003ci\u003eOn Mystic Lake\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a poignant, funny,   luminous novel about a mother and daughter--the complex ties that bind them, the   past that separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into the characters' psyches and delineating nuances of feeling.”—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Years ago,   Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since   become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral   advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous   mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humor. When the tabloids unearth a scandalous   secret from Nora's past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic: Nora is injured   in an accident and a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about   her mother. Under false pretenses, Ruby returns home to take care of the woman she   hasn't spoken to for almost a decade. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nora insists they retreat to Summer Island   in the San Juans, to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby grew up, a place   filled with childhood memories of love and joy and belonging. There Ruby is also   reunited with her first love and his brother. Once, the three of them had been best   friends, inseparable. Until the summer that Nora had left and everyone's hearts had   been broken. . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What began as an expose evolves, as Ruby writes, into an exploration   of her family's past. Nora is not the woman Ruby has hated all these years. Witty,   wise, and vulnerable, she is desperate to reconcile with her daughter. As the magazine   deadline draws near and Ruby finishes what has begun to seem to her an act of brutal   betrayal, she is forced to grow up and at last to look at her mother--and herself--through   the eyes of a woman. And she \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PENNYPART.COM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42416778608894,"sku":"B000FC1KKC","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0414\/0200\/7704\/products\/51Ytr_hxvUS.jpg?v=1644206968","url":"https:\/\/pennypart.com\/products\/summer-island-a-novel","provider":"PENNYPART.COM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}