
Summer Secrets
A Novel
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Jane Green
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By:
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Jane Green
Told with Jane Green's keen eye for detailing the emotional landscape of the heart, Summer Secrets is at once a compelling drama and a beautifully rendered portrait of relationships, betrayals, and forgiveness; about accepting the things we cannot change, finding the courage to change the things we can, and being strong enough to weather the storms.
When a shocking family secret is revealed, twenty-something journalist Cat Coombs finds herself falling into a dark spiral. Wild, glamorous nights out in London and raging hangovers the next day become her norm, leading to a terrible mistake one night while visiting family in America, on the island of Nantucket. It's a mistake for which she can't forgive herself. When she returns home, she confronts the unavoidable reality of her life and knows it's time to grow up. But she doesn't know if she'll ever be able to earn the forgiveness of the people she hurt.
As the years pass, Cat grows into her forties, a struggling single mother, coping with a new-found sobriety and determined to finally make amends. Traveling back to her past, to the family she left behind on Nantucket all those years ago, she may be able to earn their forgiveness, but in doing so she may risk losing the very people she loves the most.
"Gripping and powerful."-Emily Giffin
"The perfect summer read...You'll be hooked." -Kristin Hannah
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Critic reviews
“A gripping and powerful novel about finding the courage to make the life you want. This is Jane Green at her absolute best.” —Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only
“Summer Secrets is the perfect summer read. Once you dive into this story about a recovering alcoholic who must finally face her own dark past and make amends, you'll be hooked.” —Kristin Hannah
“Summer Secrets is the quintessential beach novel, complete with juicy drama and characters you fall madly in love with. You will devour it!” —Elin Hilderbrand
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Jane Green is awesome but not as a narrator
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Great book
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Big Let Down...
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Loved it!
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Likeable characters.
Learned a bit about alcoholism.
Has made me want to visit Nantucket.
Good summer read
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This total chick lit, a great "beach read" so if that's what you're looking for, this is a great book. What sets it apart from all the other novels in that genre is that this one covers alcoholism perfectly and deeply.
The novel is rich in AA traditions, so if you are familiar with AA, the steps, the slogans, meetings, alcoholism as a family disease, etc. You will love and devour this book. I am going to recommend it to any woman early in her sobriety. In many ways, this novel is long speaker meeting.
Those who are not living a sober life might not find the story as endearing, and they may miss some of the more subtle points, but the skeleton of the story is one most people can relate to:
The story starts with a 20-something woman who notices her life has stayed the same while her friends are all getting married and having babies, which is what she wants too. She decides to make a change to get what she wants... and does! She meets the man, has the baby, has it all, becomes too confident and takes it for granted, forgets that what it takes to get there is what it takes to stay there, and one little slip leads to another, until she's frustrated that she let this happen, that she let bad habits in, and it was worse this time, so there's an even bigger mess to clean, and is it too late? Can she even get back what she lost?
As for Jane-Green-the-narrator, I want to listen to her again, I'm buying another of her books because I liked this one, and I liked her reading. I've listened to over 300 books and she is definitely in the top 25%.
a must for AA women; great "beach book" for others
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Predictable story. Pleasant to read but no surprises.
Jane Green should stay with writing , her delivery of the story was slow and tedious to listen to.
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Very good
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loved it!
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