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Title	:	The Island
Author	:	Elin Hilderbrand
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	July 6th 2010 by Reagan Arthur Books (first published January 1st 2010)
Categories	:	Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance. Audiobook. Contemporary. Adult Fiction

The Island

Elin Hilderbrand

Hardcover | Pages: 416 pages

Rating: 3.9 | 41068 Users | 2697 Reviews

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A summertime story only Elin Hilderbrand can tell: a family in upheaval after a cancelled wedding fill 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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ISBN:	0316043877 (ISBN13: 9780316043878)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.9 From 41068 Users | 2697 Reviews

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This is a solid three-star chick lit book. And I mean that in the nicest way.I find that, with chick lit, sometimes it's about timing. If I've felt taxed lately by demanding reading and/or life stress, my need for light entertainment can make me more forgiving than I otherwise would be of cliches, convenient plot contrivances, etc. With that said, although I was ripe for some chick lit I quickly abandoned two other light reads that I didn't even bother reviewing here because they were just too

Elin Hilderbrand's latest novel, The Island, tells the story of 4 women over one month on Tuckernuck Island. Birdie's daughter, Chess, is about to marry the perfect man. To celebrate and try to reconnect with Chess, Birdie invites her to spend a week in the old family vacation home on Tuckernuck Island. When Chess calls off the engagement and shortly after the ex fiancee dies in a freak climbing, the accident, the week turns into a month and Birdie invites her other daughter Tate and her own

Chess is reeling after she breaks her engagement, Birdie, her mom has finally met someone that she cares about after her 30 year marriage has ended, Aunt India has experienced major problems with her most promising art student who has decided to withdraw and attend Parsons Art Institute instead, and Tate, is just Pollyanna but has never been in love and spends all her days fixing computer systems and her nights in a minimalist apartment, which is describing it nicely. With Chess hurting so much,

I really liked this story of four women, two sets of sisters a generation apart, spending a month together on an island off the coast of Nantucket. The setting is one of the things that brought the novel alive. Elin Hilderbrand knows this tiny island. She takes the reader by the hand and leads them all over it making them see it, vividly. You can nearly feel the sand give under your feet and smell the salty air. She knows these two pairs of sisters, too, and the particularly layered and

I wish I had read the reviews prior to reading this book, I grabbed it because I have enjoyed other Elin Hilderbrand books in the past. I agree with the others who have said the women were spoiled and not at all realistic. Two examples, one daughter is 30 years old, owns/runs her own (very successful) computer company, yet acts like a spoiled 3 year old when she doesn't get her way. The mother, repeated calls her current boyfriend like a deranged high school girl in love, and when he doesn't

This was an audiobook for me, and I found the reader's voice soothing, welcoming, and expressive. My favourite aspect is that the book is set mostly on a small island near Nantucket. And then that 4 women in a family--Mom, sister, 2 daughters--have agreed to revisit and recoup at the family cabin for different reasons, which are explored and resolved throughout the story. I am older than the 30 year old daughters in the book, but I do have a mom, aunt, and sister....no island though...

A typical beach read with a lot of drama in women's lives. I did not like the characters at all. I even didn't like their names-Birdie, India, Chess, Tate. These were rich spoiled women who didn't deserve the men in their lives. But, ofcourse everything works out perfectly for them and everyone lives happily ever after. Bleh!!