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The Island House

A Novel

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The Island House

By: Nancy Thayer
Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
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The charms of Nantucket tempt a woman to leave her established life in Kansas City - but with a piece of her heart, and a love interest, in each world, she discovers she must look within to choose the right path.

Every summer since college, twenty-nine-year-old Jenny has traded the familiarity of the Midwest for the allure of Nantucket. Now an established university professor in Kansas City, she finds herself caught between two lifestyles and two very different men. She chooses Nantucket and the glamorous life she associates with it, unaware that the summer will take an unexpected turn, and she will have to let her heart decide what it truly wants.

©2016 Nancy Thayer (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Contemporary Genre Fiction Sagas Women's Fiction Heartfelt
Engaging Characters • Captivating Storytelling • Heartwarming Family Story • Enjoyable Nantucket Setting
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It was an easy read and not hard to follow alomg with the characters. A good book about family, love, and growing up together

Great easy read. Lots of feel good family fun

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I waited with anticipation for the next Thayer read. This was for me elementary Thayer. Her books are usually much more captivating. This read was very predictable, and just not enough depth. All authors seem to slip in their work. I would say this book is that slip.

Not Typical Thayer

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the characters were good but not perfect. they felt real.as always great Nantucket story Nancy thayer

good book. complex story line. I felt drawn in

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Nancy Thayer books are always a nice read. Easy to Invision and identify with characters perfect feel good book to read during relaxing vacation

Good summer read

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Couldn't stop listening. First time with this author. Loved it! Feels like summer! Thank you!

Binge worthy

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The narration of the Midwesterners sounding like a southern is odd. I have to keep reminding myself Courtney is from Kansas not Arkansas.

Southern accent on a Midwesterner?

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I enjoyed this book but the narrator consistently used a southern accent for characters from the Midwest which I found to be inauthentic.

Narration

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This was a wonderful story. I really enjoyed it. The characters wer warm and real.

Wonderful book

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I love her writing. Even loving it there were places in this book a good editor could have made better. Books are so fast most of the time now. I love NT takes the time to weave the story and capture you. I resented the narrator. I realize she has to give different voices but folks from Kansa do not have that much SOUTHERN accent. I found 11 yrs loving and not showing or doing anything about to be unbelievable. However I love stories built around a family like this one!

I love Nancy Thayer's style of writing

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I totally enjoyed this book. I had a bit of a problem keeping the characters straight.

Too many characters

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