Finally, thirteen old Jessie rounds out the cast. Kirby takes a job on Martha’s Vineyard where life proves to be exciting and daring. She is reeling from a recent breakup, and she wants nothing more than to escape for the summer. She is always looking for a cause to support. Then Blair discovers she is pregnant with twins, her life appears to be over. Worse, he won’t allow Blair to continue working, and he makes her decline her acceptance into Harvard. She fears her brilliant NASA scientist husband is cheating on her. Blair thought she was marrying the man of her dreams, but married life is turning out to be a disappointment.
Blair is a newly married woman in her mid twenties. Kate takes to drinking heavily in order to forget her problems. There is Kate, a middle aged woman, the mother of four children, who is convinced that her son was drafted because of mistakes in her past. *The story is told via four alternating view points. I enjoyed each of the characters, and I loved uncovering their secrets. This one doesn’t disappoint as this book delivers another fascinating bunch of characters to follow. Hilderbrand is known for her character driven novels. The summer of 1969 quickly proves to be one unlike any other. Her son, Tiger, is serving in Vietnam, Blair her eldest daughter is married and expecting twins, while her other daughter, Kirby, also known as the wild one, is off on her own in Martha’s Vineyard. Kate’s other children are off on their own adventures.
Things are different this year as Kate is only taking her youngest daughter, Jessie. That means Kate Levin will be loading up her children and heading to their summer home on Nantucket. Three and a half stars: A fascinating character driven novel set against the tumultuous summer of 1969.Īnother summer is set to arrive on Nantucket. With chapters alternating between characters, readers hear and feel the experiences of 1969 from several different points of view.Īnd the chapter titles are so clever and creative! Love it, Elin! The Nichols/Foley/Levin family traditionally spends the summer at Grandmother Exalta's home, All's Fair however, this summer there are many changes to their summer routine: Blair (the oldest), married a year ago, is pregnant with twins and only comes to Nantucket when she believes her husband has been unfaithful Kirby (21) is trying to find herself and works part of the summer on Martha's Vineyard Tiger (19) has been drafted to Vietnam, causing much worry and concern for the family but especially for his mother Kate and Jessie (13) spends most of the summer by herself on Nantucket where she too learns a lot about herself and her family.įrom Vietnam to the moon landing to protests and Civil Rights to the Kennedys to Woodstock, Hilderbrand seamlessly included so many integral and pivotal events and feelings of an era of change. Elin Hilderbrand produces the feelings and events of the summer of 1969, making readers feel as if they've been transported back in time 50 years. Historically, 1969 was a time of change and even turmoil.
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