Summer Island

De: Kristin Hannah

Narrado por: Joyce Bean

Thirty-four-year-old Ruby Bridge is a not-too-successful comedienne who uses her mother, a nationally-syndicated "moral and spiritual counselor" as the main fodder for her cynical, rather bitter humor. Her mother Nora, long divorced from Ruby's father, is a woman whose past is just about to catch up with her - in the form of blackmail by a former lover.

After an accident (an attempted suicide?) Ruby returns to care for her stricken mother - bitterly resenting the fact that once again her mother's life has colonized hers. When she is approached by a publisher to write a biography of her mother, Ruby is desperate for the princely sum offered. Yet her research into her mother's past reveals a woman very different from the one Ruby expected. And what began as "mommy dearest" ends as a love story - not only between mother and daughter, but involving two very different men who play a key role in linking the past to the present.

©2001 Kristin Hannah (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Not Kristin’s best

This was a simple story and great for a summer read. Nothing great, nothing bad. Kristen Hannah’s writing has developed exponentially over time and for that I am grateful.

Typical summer read

Story line was fairly interesting. initially it seemed to be a bit repetitious then toward the end it jumped over areas that could have fleshed out the story line.

Great predictable Story

The narration was slow, the story predictable. overall enjoyable story of how love prevails. A solid feel good story!

Good but not great!

I liked it. Wasn’t even close to one of my favorites from Ms. Hannah but still an enjoyable read.

Heartfelt

This book was a well written, heartfelt tearjerker that you don’t want to stop listening to.

Relationships

I loved all of the unfolding relationships. I felt as though I were there. Kristin Hannah is an unbelievably fantastic writer never failing to deliver.

Awesome

Great story! These were characters that were well developed and I grew to care about each of them. Totally relatable to so many families interwoven situations

Easy read…summer lazy by the pool book

Easy read… likable characters. Light hearted it would make a great gift for any person that likes to read.

Love the forgiveness and happy ending juxtaposed with a mother who could. It love her own son.

I love everything Kristen Hannah. She knows how to touch your heart. I was y expecting the sub story so I had a hard time with that.

Thought it would be a typical story

The story line has been done and done again, but having grown up in a broken home, I appreciated the story line and it was a nice grown up reminder that we really don't know all that we think to know about things that happened in our family / families life when we were kids.