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The Island
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Summer, sand, salt water does anyone do it better than Elin Hilderbrand? In her latest effort, The Island, the author again embraces that idealistic all-American scene with a story that manages to be both easy and breezy, yet heartbreaking and profound. It’s a tall order for a writer whose books all which have taken place in the WASP-y enclave of Nantucket and its surrounding islands bring to life the blonde, the beautiful, and the privileged.
The Island, whose setting is the remote private isle of Tuckernuck, is primarily a story of four women Birdie Cousins, her daughters Chess and Tate, and Birdie’s sister, India. The women, of course, are all harboring dark secrets and rediscovering long-lost desires, and they agree to reunite at the family’s rustic compound after an absence of more than a dozen years. Over the course of a month and plenty bottles of Sancerre the women fight and reconnect, love and lose love. The impetus for the gathering is Chess, who’s recovering from both a broken engagement and the subsequent accidental death of her ex-fiance, but the Cousins gals all in turn come to face and conquer their own, less obvious demons.
This, as is much of the best so-called “summer beach reading”, is about women tapping into their empowerment. The book rotates among the perspectives of each woman, and narrator Denice Hicks is at her best when giving voice to Birdie, a perpetual people-pleaser and the most naive of the bunch. This is a wide-eyed matriarch whose continual surprise and shock at life’s event lends credence to Hick’s lilting, almost musical inflections. Hicks does falter, though, when she reads as the other characters, most notably the worldly and adventurous India, whose nascent affair with a younger woman comes across as disingenuous. At 15 hours, the book isn’t a quick listen, but in the end goes down just as smooth as the Cousins’ coveted Sancerre. Jaime Buerger
Publisher's summary
This “deliciously addictive” (Kirkus) beach listen from Elin Hilderbrand follows a family in upheaval after a cancelled wedding fills an island summer with heartache, laughter, and surprises.
Birdie Cousins has thrown herself into the details of her daughter Chess's lavish wedding, from the floating dance floor in her Connecticut back yard to the color of the cocktail napkins. Like any mother of a bride-to-be, she is weathering the storms of excitement and chaos, tears and joy. But Birdie, a woman who prides herself on preparing for every possibility, could never have predicted the late-night phone call from Chess, abruptly announcing that she's cancelled her engagement.
It's only the first hint of what will be a summer of upheavals and revelations. Before the dust has even begun to settle, far worse news arrives, sending Chess into a tailspin of despair. Reluctantly taking a break from the first new romance she's embarked on since the recent end of her 30-year marriage, Birdie circles the wagons and enlists the help of her younger daughter Tate and her own sister India. Soon all four are headed for beautiful, rustic Tuckernuck Island, off the coast of Nantucket, where their family has summered for generations. No phones, no television, no grocery store - a place without distractions where they can escape their troubles.
But throw sisters, daughters, ex-lovers, and long-kept secrets onto a remote island, and what might sound like a peaceful getaway becomes much more. Before summer has ended, dramatic truths are uncovered, old loves are rekindled, and new loves make themselves known.
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- Christian
- 08-04-10
OMG this was the worst narrator!
I couldn't even get to the heart of the story - assuming there is one. The narrator was like listening Desperate Housewives narrator or someone who read stories to 2nd graders. I was hoping for a light beach read, and maybe would accomplish that in the book version, but just couldn't stomach listening to this woman "read to me" as if I were a 7.
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- Mary
- 07-29-10
Couldn't relate to the women
I really disliked this book. I could not relate to any of the women. There was so much angst over so little. The narrotor's voice did not help at all. This is an author and narrator I will remember so I will never listen again.
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- Pamela
- 06-30-11
Tunia
I am barely into this book but I can hardly stand to listen to the reader. She is so sing-songy in her delivery and pauses inappropriately and gushes over the wrong words. I wish I'd bought the book instead of the audible book. The book is fine but I don't think I can listen to 15 hours of Denise Hicks.
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- Lisa M. Vacchi
- 11-02-11
Avoid this reader
The story is pleasant enough but I'm in the middle of it and I honestly don't think I can tolerate this reader's voice to finish it. I will avoid her from now on.
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- River Lass
- 03-15-11
annoying reader, boring story
sooo predictable and the reader is absolutely annoying. At first I thought if it were a different reader maybe it would be better, but probably not.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-07-10
Pretty good story, horrible reader
I love Elin HIlderbrand and this story was okay as far as her work goes, but this audio version of it was painful to listen to due to the sing-songy voice of the narrator with improper inflections and just a very annoying way of reading as if she were reading a picture book to a small child. Sadly, I think even a small child would find it annoying. I cringed all the way through it, listening to the end because of how much I paid for it and also wanting to know how the story turned out, but I will never listen to another book read by that reader.
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- Doggie mama
- 01-13-14
Trite
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
This was perhaps the most trite book I've ever read. Predictable, shallow and juvenile. A total disappointment. The characters were amongst the most immature characters I've encountered. I only kept listening to it because "I'd paid for it". Avoid at all costs.
Would you ever listen to anything by Elin Hilderbrand again?
not a chance
Would you be willing to try another one of Denice Hicks’s performances?
perhaps
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Not really
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- Kelly Cruz
- 10-12-10
couldn't connect
I liked the idea of the story. I'd love to stay at Tuckernuck Island. I did not like the charachters as people though, couldn't warm up to any of them.
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- Laurie
- 10-03-10
Try not to get shipwrecked here
I really liked one of Hilderbrand's other books (The Castaways), so I was looking forward to this one. The Island, however, is pretty dull. Not much of a plot, somewhat dull characters, and overall I just wanted back to the mainland. There are much better books out there.
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- Julie Barrett
- 07-12-23
Narration almost UNBEARABLE!
Not a good fit between author and narrator! Especially, if you’ve listened to other Elin Hilderbrand. I had to remind myself it wasn’t set in 1940! Spoiler!! Birdie’s reaction to Hank’s wife and his decision is disgusting!
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By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Summer People
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Beth MacDonald
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Every summer the Newton family retreats to their beloved home on Nantucket for three months of sunshine, cookouts, and bonfires on the beach. But this summer will not be like any other. When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow, Beth, can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same time fulfill a promise that Arch made before he died.
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I'm returning it
- By Sunworshipper3 on 07-09-18
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Silver Girl
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger, Marianne Fraulo
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything: Her friends, her homes, her social standing - because her husband Freddy cheated rich investors out of billions of dollars. Desperate and facing homelessness, Meredith receives a call from her old best friend, Constance Flute. Connie's had recent worries of her own, and the two depart for a summer on Nantucket in an attempt to heal. But the island can't offer complete escape, and they're plagued by new and old troubles alike.
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Unexpectedly entertaining, dear I say enlightening
- By Brendolynne on 03-29-13
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Summerland
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A warm June evening, a local tradition: The students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. But what begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver of the car, Penny Alistair, dead and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers - Penny's boyfriend Jake and her friend Demeter - are physically unhurt, but the emotional damage is overwhelming, and questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel.
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Great Listen
- By Amazon Customer on 08-06-12
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Beautiful Day
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
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Meh. Nothing particularly special about this book.
- By Jessica on 01-31-16
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Barefoot: Booktrack Edition
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Katie Hale
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From marriage, infidelity, and the mayhem of motherhood to scandal, tragedy, and illness - three women seek peace and comfort in Nantucket as they cope with life's challenges. Three women - burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues - tumble onto the Nantucket airport tarmac one hot June day. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. And their friend Melanie, after seven failed in vitro attempts, is pregnant at last.
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Ugh
- By Ted Streuli on 10-23-23
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Here's to Us
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrity chef Deacon Thorpe has always been a force of nature with an insatiable appetite for life. But after that appetite contributes to Deacon's shocking death in his favorite place on earth, a ramshackle Nantucket summer cottage, his (messy, complicated) family is reeling. Now Deacon's three wives, his children, and his best friend gather on the island he loved to say farewell.
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Adultery Overload
- By Lauri on 07-08-17
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Summer People
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Beth MacDonald
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Every summer the Newton family retreats to their beloved home on Nantucket for three months of sunshine, cookouts, and bonfires on the beach. But this summer will not be like any other. When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow, Beth, can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same time fulfill a promise that Arch made before he died.
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I'm returning it
- By Sunworshipper3 on 07-09-18
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Silver Girl
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger, Marianne Fraulo
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything: Her friends, her homes, her social standing - because her husband Freddy cheated rich investors out of billions of dollars. Desperate and facing homelessness, Meredith receives a call from her old best friend, Constance Flute. Connie's had recent worries of her own, and the two depart for a summer on Nantucket in an attempt to heal. But the island can't offer complete escape, and they're plagued by new and old troubles alike.
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Unexpectedly entertaining, dear I say enlightening
- By Brendolynne on 03-29-13
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Summerland
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A warm June evening, a local tradition: The students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. But what begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver of the car, Penny Alistair, dead and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers - Penny's boyfriend Jake and her friend Demeter - are physically unhurt, but the emotional damage is overwhelming, and questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel.
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Great Listen
- By Amazon Customer on 08-06-12
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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The Beach Club
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Beach Club, the juicy first novel by Elin Hilderbrand, a series of personal dramas are played out during one summer at a Nantucket Beach Club. It's about the love of summer, summer love, and the special feelings we all have for that special summer place—in this case, a hotel and an island.
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Narration of older characters is depressing
- By T. Martin on 02-27-19
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Barefoot
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Rachael Warren
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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From marriage, infidelity, and the mayhem of motherhood to scandal, tragedy, and illness - three women seek peace and comfort in Nantucket as they cope with life's challenges. Three women - burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues - tumble onto the Nantucket airport tarmac one hot June day. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. And their friend Melanie, after seven failed in vitro attempts, is pregnant at last.
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OMG...spoiler alert:
- By Abby Mamacos on 10-09-17
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Nantucket Nights
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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For 20 years, Kayla, Antoinette and Val have performed their own special summer ritual. Once a year, the old friends put aside their daily, separate lives to drink champagne, swap stories and swim naked under the Nantucket stars. But on one of those bonding nights, one of their trio swims out from the shore and doesn't return. After the surviving friends emerge from their grief, they realize that the repercussions of their loss go far beyond their little circle, and they begin to uncover layers of secrets—and their connections to each other—that were never revealed on the beach.
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Desperate
- By C. Reed on 08-08-18
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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The Love Season
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Marguerite Beale, former chef of culinary hot spot Les Parapluies, has been out of the public eye for over a decade. This all changes with a phone call from Marguerite's goddaughter, Renata Knox. Marguerite has not seen Renata since the death of Renata's mother, Candace Harris Knox, fourteen years earlier. And now that Renata is on Nantucket visiting the family of her new fiancé, she takes the opportunity, against her father's wishes, to contact Marguerite in hopes of learning the story of her mother's life—and death.
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Good Listen, but Very Sad Story
- By Amazon Customer on 05-16-17
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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The Rumor
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Nantucket writer Madeline King couldn't have picked a worse time to have writer's block. Her deadline is looming, her bills are piling up, and inspiration is in short supply. Madeline's best friend, Grace, is hard at work transforming her garden into the envy of the island with the help of a ruggedly handsome landscape architect. Before she realizes it, Grace is on the verge of a decision that will irrevocably change her life. Could Grace's crisis be Madeline's salvation?
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Ehhhh
- By Elizabeth ♥️ on 08-16-15
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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The Matchmaker
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In this moving story about losing and finding love again, a woman sets out to find the perfect matches for those closest to her. Forty-eight-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a gift for matchmaking. Some call her ability mystical, while others, her husband, celebrated economist John Boxmiller Beech, and her daughter, Agnes, who is clearly engaged to the wrong man, call it meddlesome. But there's no arguing with her results: With 42 happy couples to her credit and all of them still together, Dabney has never been wrong about romance.
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Very Entertaining
- By CLT on 09-01-15
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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The Castaways
- A Novel
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Katie Hale
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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With rumors of infidelity straining Greg and Tess MacAvoy's marriage, the couple head out on their sailboat one early summer day to celebrate their wedding anniversary, hoping the roughest waters are behind them. But in an accident off Nantucket, they mysteriously drown, leaving behind two small children as well as three couples who have long been their closest friends. Tragedy brings to the surface long-simmering conflicts and emotions, and the MacAvoys' six grieving friends find themselves unprepared for the revelation of secret upon secret.
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Fun listening
- By Steph on 08-12-09
By: Elin Hilderbrand
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Endless Summer
- Stories
- By: Elin Hilderbrand
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In this dazzling collection, Elin Hilderbrand offers nine delicious stories—prequels, sequels, and "missing chapters" from her cherished books—some of which have never been published, until now. With a foreword by Elin Hilderbrand about the writer's reluctance to leave treasured characters behind and a prefatory, "behind-the-scenes" note included with each story, this book answers the prayers of both new and seasoned fans everywhere who, like the Kirkus reviewer, "would rather be living in an Elin Hilderbrand novel."
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Fun
- By Pink Amy on 10-13-22
By: Elin Hilderbrand