The Island

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It's the perfect summer getaway - but somé secrets are hard to escape... The unforgettable new növel írom New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand BIRDIE COUSINS has thrown herself into the details of her daughter Chess's lavish wedding, from the floating dance floor in her Connecticut backyard pond 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 announcmg that she's canceled 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 románcé she's embarked on since the recent end of her thirty-year marriage, Birdie circles the wagons and enlists... Tovább

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It's the perfect summer getaway - but somé secrets are hard to escape... The unforgettable new növel írom New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand BIRDIE COUSINS has thrown herself into the details of her daughter Chess's lavish wedding, from the floating dance floor in her Connecticut backyard pond 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 announcmg that she's canceled 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 románcé she's embarked on since the recent end of her thirty-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 to 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 when sisters, daughters, ex-lovers, and longkept secrets come together on a remote island, what might souncl like a peaceful getaway becomes much more. Before summer has ended, dramatic truths are uncovered, olcl loves are rekindled, and new loves make themselves known. It's a summertime story Vissza