2024 the best elin hilderbrand books review
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In this #1 bestselling page-turner from "the queen of beach reads" (New York Magazine), a Nantucket novelist has one final summer to protect her secrets while her loved ones on earth learn to live without their golden girl.
On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She ascends to the Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three “nudges” to change the outcome of events on earth, and with her daughter Willa on her third miscarriage, Carson partying until all hours, and Leo currently “off again” with his high-maintenance girlfriend, she’ll have to think carefully where to use them.
From the Beyond, Vivi watches “The Chief” Ed Kapenash investigate her death, but her greatest worry is her final book, which contains a secret from her own youth that could be disastrous for her reputation. But when hidden truths come to light, Vivi’s family will have to sort out their past and present mistakes—with or without a nudge of help from above—while Vivi finally lets them grow without her.
With all of Elin’s trademark beach scenes, mouth-watering meals, and picture-perfect homes, plus a heartfelt message—the people we lose never really leave us—Golden Girl is a beach book unlike any other.
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Summer on Nantucket
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ASIN : B08LD4GXQ8
Publisher : Little, Brown and Company (June 1, 2021)
Publication date : June 1, 2021
Language : English
File size : 3766 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 385 pages
Reviewer: Razorback
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: So Great!
Review: All Elinâs books are wonderful, but I enjoyed one immensely! It was so different, so heartfelt, with twists and turns everywhere! The best book yet!
Reviewer: Foot doctor
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Truly golden
Review: Delightful book! On time delivery and well packaged.
Reviewer: Kathy - Alabama
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Light Read
Review: I really enjoyed this book!! Super easy to read and kept me turning the pages.
Reviewer: Kelly McKenzie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great beach read
Review: This book is a page turner ! The author pulls you in and invests you in the characters lives. Highly recommend !
Reviewer: Deborah A. Blackbourn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nantucketâs Suspects
Review: Great book! It follows a few of Nantucketâs families through their lives & secrets. Vivi is an author & mom of 3 & a stand-in mom for a boy who lost his mom. Vivi is killed in a hit-&-run. The story revolves around the investigation of who hit & killed Vivi. I had it figured out right! Will you? Even though I figured it out early, it was still a great story!!
Reviewer: MrsLeif
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: So refreshing to be back in Nantucket!
Review: So refreshing to be back in Nantucket!Time and again, I do my yearly visit to Nantucket using Elin Hilderbrand's eyes and I enjoyed my time there.This time, Golden Girl introduced us to Vivian Howe but don't fall in love with her character too soon. After all, she dies at the beginning of the book in a hit and run. The person responsible for her death is a mystery to the other characters but not so much to the readers.Vivian Howe is a mother and a friend. She was a wife too but she is divorced from her husband who left her for a younger woman.Vivian was a writer. A well-known writer who was hoping her new book Golden Girl would push her to the top of the sales.Vivian gets a second chance. No, not to come back to earth and be alive again, but to spend the summer following her three children from the great beyond and make sure they are all doing fine before she moves on. She even gets 3 "nudges" approved by her guide Martha to use on her children as she sees fit.Willa is Vivian's oldest child. She is married and enjoys her work and life in general. The one thing missing is a child of her own. She has suffered a couple of miscarriages and just found out she is pregnant again when her mother passes away, She is also the one who finds out her mother's past and is not sure what to do with the information.Carson is the middle child. She is a wild one. She enjoys a little cocaine and alcohol while she bartends at the coolest place in town. She is also hiding something that could hurt more than one family member.Leo is the youngest. He should be getting ready for college instead of being confronted with his mother's death. He's probably the one with the biggest secret. A secret that could come out if the detective investigating the case finds out what happened the day before his mother's death.Golden Girl was just what I needed at this time. It transported me to a beautiful town with interesting characters and it made me forget reality for a few hours.Cliffhanger: No4/5 Fangs
Reviewer: Lynn Spence
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun and warm
Review: The relationships are very warm and close. The plot is fun and, at times, surprising. Another view into life on Nantucket.
Reviewer: a reader
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: EH plus #metoo & BLM & Holocaust
Review: She's at her best on Nantucket in the summer. The winter ones are awful & the Caribbean ones are worse. Even her last few summer ones have been unreadable - especially when she doesn't even write in complete sentences & just uses bullet points. I gave this a try based on the title - Golden Girl - because Silver Girl was one of her best.This was a welcome return to her whodunnit format w/Chief Ed & the familiar litany of Nantucket restaurants, stores, & beaches & that was perfectly fine. In fact, the contrivance of having Vivi (the murdered author/mom aka EH) looking down from "above" wasn't necessary. The story told itself through the characters and their entanglements. Vivi's take on what went on w/o her was unnecessary.But, the chief suspect has to be black - because he's the only black kid on the island apparently - & the promiscuous bartender daughter having an affair w/a married man dares to think she's a #metoo victim when an over-served customer wants a kiss. The plan for a girl's first summer in Nantucket is to hide in a secret room off her college friend's bedroom like ANNE FRANK. EH manages to belittle BLM, #metoo, & the Holocaust.There's also a missing plot point in that Vivi says she didn't leave a will yet she's supposed to have made enough money to support her house w/a pool plus 3 children, pay a whopping alimony to her ex-husband who runs an ice cream shop yet has a great house, & buy top-of-the-line everything. Life carries on as before she died w/no mention of who is paying or how the ex even has a roof over his head. IRL the state would appoint an executor to oversee her estate & children would inherit everything, but there's not a word about who's buying groceries in the meantime. Why not just leave out Viv's comment about a will?I did enjoy EH's jab at her publisher in the Facebook Memorial Comments Page when readers offering condolences also suggest that the publisher return to all the author's books & correct all the copy editing errors that riddle a book that sells for $29. In fact, I found one in my copy on p. 5.It's not a bad story if you ignore EH's general smugness about her great life & wealth & her attempts to be "topical." The Anne Frank part is unforgiveable, but that will be removed from digital & future print editions as EH has called it "a poor choice that was tasteless & offensive." For those of us who've read it, we can't unread it.
Reviewer: Carol Brady
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Nothing... I enjoyed it very much.
Reviewer: Rlovesbooks
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I love all her books. They are all special and want to make me move to Nantucket and then again not. This one has a special twist making one be part of the authors views od afterlife and still been in reallife in the story
Reviewer: Bandana
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This has been one of the most engaging readâs This concept of life after death â¦â the Beyond â ⦠is there in the scriptures , and we have heard about it from our elders .And this very concept has been put in words so beautifully .Itâs a must read â¦whether one believes in the concept or not .
Reviewer: Kelly
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Another lovely tale from Nantucket, weaving some characters from some of her other books. Although technically a tragedy, it works things out satisfactorily with a couple of nice twists to keep you from being complacent in having worked it all out. I've never been disappointed by an Elin Hilderbrand book ð
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I loved this bookLaughed and criedAnd I too want to know what happened next to all of the characters, flawed though they might be...
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