One More Summer

By: Liz Flaherty

Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Grace has taken care of her widowed father her entire adult life and the ornery old goat has finally died. She has no job, no skills and very little money, and has heard her father's prediction that no decent man would ever want her so often she accepts it as fact.

But she does have a big old house on Lawyers Row in Peacock, Tennessee. She opens a rooming house and quickly gathers a motley crew of tenants: Promise, Grace's best friend since kindergarten, who's fighting cancer; Maxie, an aging soap opera actress who hasn't lost her flair for the dramatic; Jonah, a sweet, gullible old man with a crush on Maxie.

And Dillon, Grace's brother's best friend, who stood her up on the night of her senior prom and has regretted it ever since. Dillon rents Grace's guest house for the summer and hopes to make up for lost time and past hurts - but first, he'll have to convince Grace that she's worth loving....

©2012 Liz Flaherty (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Captured from first sentence...

Loved this sweet story of friendship and love. Read for free, buying to read again and again!

Loved! Emotions from tears to laughing out loud!

Where does One More Summer rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It was one of my favorites! It dealt with emotions of family and friends while growing up. It held my total interest. Storyline was handled well!!

What other book might you compare One More Summer to and why?

I think it's a book of it's own. If you like small towns and the families that grew up in small times this is the book.

Which character – as performed by Rebecca Gibel – was your favorite?

Promise, Grace, Dillon, Maxie were my favorites.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Promise was telling Grace her orders for her funeral. Promise was an upbeat, sweet, caring friend to all.

Any additional comments?

This book flowed for me. I loved the characters who lived at Grace's house and their interaction with one another. Definitely kept my full attention and I laughed as hard as I cried. This was my first with Liz Flaherty.

couldn't hold my attention

the book was just okay. the main character was too much of a martyr for me even although i liked her but there were times when i wanted to slap her and say "stop it!" i also thought it was predictable in places. far though from being a not worth it book but i did find my mind wandering a bit. i loved the loyalty and sense of family in it though.
the narrator was good.

Great Book

This was a great book. I really enjoyed listening to it. It made me laugh and it made me cry.

I’ve now listened twice

And cried twice. Why do I do this to myself???? Not a happy story, but a good one.

Not an “upper” if that’s what you’re looking for

I want to start by saying that I don’t make a habit of reviewing things. Not restaurants, hotels and especially not books as they represent someone’s hard work, gifts and dedication. But, I felt compelled to review this book just to prepare others like myself that read books for relaxation and the warm fuzzies. While this book was well written, I found it to be very sad. The whole way through.... I fully expect for books to have moments that are unsettling or uncomfortable for the character and readers... but this book was one sad thing after another. And to be honest (without giving anything away), it didn’t have an ending that left me at peace with all of the negativity that happened throughout the read. Some people may not be bothered by less than positive endings and that’s totally fine. Let’s be honest, that’s real life. I just wanted to let others like myself that seek out a “happily ever after, warm and fuzzy feeling” at the end of a book that this may not be the book for you. :)

This one did not do it for me

So much drama, long winded drama, too sad, too predictable. Cute perhaps but I do not recommend. Please understand I like more fast paced and dynamic fiction.

Simply awful

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

People who live in a fantasy world

What could Liz Flaherty have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

The concept was all wrong. We are supposed to believe that a woman with a heart condition that is so debilitating that she cannot share a bed with her husband, has the energy and the will to coerce her cousin into abandoning her own kids in order to have an affair with the woman's husband to produce a child that the sick woman somehow has the energy to raise. The author could have contrived a more believable plot.

How could the performance have been better?

Can't criticize the narrator.

What character would you cut from One More Summer?

The demented real mother.

Any additional comments?

How hard is it to contrive a plot that could have happened?