The Island
from the #1 bestseller and author of THE PERFECT COUPLE, now a major Netflix series
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Publisher Description
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT COUPLE, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES
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'Hilderbrand's books keep getting better and better' Bookreporter
'The queen regent of the easy-breezy summer novel' New York Post
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This summer, four women are hoping to escape their troubles . . .
Birdie is organising a wedding, though her own marriage is falling apart. Her sister India is running away from her first chance of happiness in a long time, while her daughter Tate is running to something, but what that is, she doesn't yet know. And then there's Chess, who is just a mystery that none of the family know if they will ever unravel.
Gathering together for the first time in years in a ramshackle house with no running water on a remote island, the women settle into a routine.
But just how long can they hide from the secrets, lies and tragedy they have left behind?
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Praise for The Island
'Will please those looking for a satisfying beach read' - Publishers Weekly
'A perfect addition to some sunshine and long days at the beach' - Confessions of a Book Addict
'Breathtakingly brilliant' - 5-star reader review
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Further praise for Elin Hilderbrand
'A gritty and moving read that oozes plenty of drama' - Heat
'A gem of a summer read with a glamorous location, elite lifestyle, and Hilderbrand's appealing take on the constant stress that fills the lives of women everywhere' - Booklist
'This book was a great read - you really care what happens to the characters. Perfect holiday reading. I didn't want to put it down' - Candis
'Touching and uplifting' - U Magazine
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of this steamy woman's novel from Hilderbrand (The Castaways), recently divorced Birdie Cousins is busy planning the September wedding of her older daughter, Chess, at the family house on Tuckernuck, a privately owned island near Nantucket. Birdie hopes to spend some quality time with Chess on Tuckernuck in July, but then Chess breaks her engagement to her consummate Ivy League golden boy fianc , Michael Morgan. Michael fatally plunges off a Utah crag just when Birdie acquires her own new beau a married man with a wife stricken with Alzheimer's. Birdie, Chess, and their support team Birdie's computer-guru younger daughter, Tate, and Birdie's bohemian widowed sister, India hare off to Tuckernuck. There hunky handyman Barrett Lee flutters hearts and dampens underwear in a breathless month of supercharged estrogenic imbalances. This never-never land portrait of the rich and randy will please those looking for a satisfying beach read.