Beautiful Day

A Novel

By: Elin Hilderbrand

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

The Carmichaels and the Grahams have gathered on Nantucket for a wedding. Plans are being made according to the wishes of the bride's late mother, who left behind The Notebook: specific instructions for every detail of her youngest daughter's future nuptials. Everything should be falling into place for the beautiful event - but in reality, things are far from perfect.

While the couple-to-be are quite happy, their loved ones find their own lives crumbling. In the days leading up to the wedding, love will be questioned, scandals will arise, and hearts will be broken and healed. Elin Hilderbrand takes readers on a touching journey in Beautiful Day - into the heart of marriage, what it means to be faithful, and how we choose to honor our commitments.

©2013 Erin Hilderbrand (P)2013 Hachette Audio

Always fun

Her books always make me want to go to Nantucket. A good summer read and well narrated.

A Diary (The Notebook) Wedding Story

What did you like best about Beautiful Day? What did you like least?

I liked best the wit and humor of the father and in laws. Least - the drama and long and drawn out Margot - she was not a fun character. Would like to have bridged the gap of The Surfing Lesson and Beautiful Day-- Left you hanging so was hoping to hear more detail of the end of the marriage of Margot, as her husband seemed to be a free spirit. Would like to have more humor in places like Something Borrowed to give it a little more edge. However the dedication to the grandparents was a nice touch and their marriage.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The detailed diary of the deceased mother (a little over the top). Least interesting was the big build up of Margot and her secret which was a big let down.

Which scene was your favorite?

When Doug was divorcing Pauline!

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Narrator did a good job

Beautiful Day

This book was good but it has a lot of characters. Sometimes hard to keep up with.

Nice read with great, detailed descriptions.

Definitely a good listen...it's nice to hear about Nantucket since I spent time their as a child...

Wonderful story

I thoroughly enjoyed how the story was woven around the through its many characters. Well thought out novel and ending.

Beautiful story

There isn’t a person who can’t relate to one of these characters or events in this book in some way, shape, or form. I loved the story and the love that the author describes in Beth and Douglas and their children.

A good summer read (although slightly flawed)

I enjoyed this book - it was light and refreshing and the story line was entertaining. I liked that there were a few unexpected surprises in the story line. There was also a wide array of very colorful characters. I actually found some of less central characters to be particularly intriguing. However, the main character, Margo, was hard to like at times. I also found the story line about the bride and her fiance to be a bit boring and I thought the mother's notebook was a bit much - she was very overbearing! I also think the narrator's southern accent (which applied to just a few of the characters) was pretty terrible - it was distracting. But all in all, it was a good book - primarily because of the less central plot lines. The best part was the diversity of the characters - that was great! I truly appreciate it when there are diverse characters (in this case, a black gay male who was one of the minor characters) - diversity is often something that is overlooked in "beach reads."

my favoite Hilderbrand yet!

I've read most of her novels and there's just something about this! The story line, the flow, the characters.... all the best!

Wonderful story!

I had read some negative reviews of this book so didn’t have high hopes. Elin Hilderbrand is one of my favorite writers and this book didn’t disappoint. I really enjoyed the storyline centered on the family wedding and how each family has it’s own characters. A wedding may look perfect but underneath everyone attending is dealing with something different, and love means different things to different people. It was a true joy to read/listen to this book.

A wedding day has so many emotions

Jenna Carmichael is getting married and her family and friends are coming together for the event on Nantucket. There is only one big problem, Jenna's mother won't be at her wedding. She passed away 7 years ago from cancer, but before she did, she left a notebook of everything wedding for Jenna and her maid of honor and sister, Margo to follow. This is a story of love, loss, family and the dysfunctional part each member plays in your family. It was a cute book and I love Elin Hilderbrand.