Summer Island

Author: Kristin Hannah
Genre: Romance / Fiction
Publisher: Random House, 2002
Pages: 416
My Rating: Recommend

Summer Island is light reading by an award-winning author.

Synopsis: 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. Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind.

Review: Kristin Hannah is one of my favorite authors. I love how Hannah delves into family relationships - those between mothers and daughters, those between sisters, etc. In some ways her novels are predictable, but the storylines are still very good. If you've never read anything by Hannah, this is a good one to start with. If you already read and like her, this one won't disappoint.

I would have read this anyway, but what caught my attention was the thought that Nora left her daughters behind. Why? How? That is unthinkable and incomprehensible to me and I had to know.

Other Kristin Hannah Novels
Angel Falls
Home Front
The Four Winds
The Great Alone
The Enchantment
The Nightingale
The Women
True Colors