Nantucket Nights, Elin Hilderbrand
Nantucket Nights, Elin Hilderbrand
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Nantucket Nights
A Novel

Author: Elin Hilderbrand

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2012

Categories: Fiction, Women, Sagas


Synopsis

The ties between women can run as deep as the ocean-but so can the secrets.

For 20 years, Kayla, Antoinette and Val have performed their own special summer ritual. Once a year, the old friends put aside their daily, separate lives to drink champagne, swap stories and swim naked under the Nantucket stars. But on one of those bonding nights, one of their trio swims out from the shore and doesn't return. After the surviving friends emerge from their grief, they realize that the repercussions of their loss go far beyond their little circle, and they begin to uncover layers of secrets--and their connections to each other--that were never revealed on the beach. What has made their friendship strong now has the power to destroy--their marriages, families, even themselves, in Elin Hilderbrand's Nantucket Nights.

About Elin Hilderbrand

Elin Hilderbrand was born and raised in Collegeville, PA, but spent most of her childhood summers playing on Cape Cod. Her father died in a plane crash when she was sixteen years old, so unfortunately that ended the Cape trips. Her summers were now spent working, but she promised herself that for the rest of her life she would always have a real summer. She moved to Nantucket in July 1993, took a job as "the classified ads girl" at a local paper, and later started writing. Elin says she does her best writing while on the beaches of Nantucket or along the beautiful streets of Beacon Hill in Boston. She is a breast cancer survivor and currently lives in Nantucket along with her three beautiful children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brady on August 17, 2023

3.5 - I liked where this book started, but not where it ended. Quick read, only 230 pages and a lot happens, but it just made me sad. Not my favorite Elin book, but not the worst.......more

Goodreads review by Cammie on March 12, 2022

When I was recently searching through the library's digital offerings and came across Elin Hilderbrand's Nantucket Nights, I was surprised and immediately downloaded it. How was Hilderbrand's second book ever published available as a digital offering when books from only a couple years ago have alre......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on June 09, 2013

I was really enjoying this book until I got to the end. The ending was a huge disappointment.......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on March 15, 2022

Peyton Place meets the Hallmark Channel in this what-the-sh*t trashfire of a novel set on Nantucket. If you vibe with the "women are just a bunch of backstabbing b*tches" aesthetic in fiction, you should definitely pick this one up. Because the women in this book are some primo backstabbing swine who......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on June 05, 2018

Elin’s novels always leave me wanting more! Kayla, Val, and Antoinette are best friends living on Nantucket. They have formed a bond-a secret society (Divine Secrets of Ya-Ya) is what it reminded me of.. and once a year on Labor Day they go to a remote part of the island and eat and swim and share t......more


Quotes

“Things get more twisted at every turn with enough lies and betrayals to fuel a whole season of soap operas...readers will be hooked.” —Publishers Weekly

“What a perfect summer pleasure Elin Hilderbrand provides in Nantucket Nights, mixing the complexities of family life and friendship with suspense, romance, and moonlit Nantucket nights.” —Nancy Thayer, author of Custody

“Dips deep into Peyton Place country.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Ms. Hilderbrand paints a picture of idyllic Nantucket life that slowly starts to unravel as the ugly underbelly is revealed. Hidden secrets, a mysterious disappearance, and the pain of betrayal form the basis for this haunting read.” —Romantic Times

“The novel is fast paced and suspenseful enough to keep readers interested. A likely candidate for summer-vacation reading.” —Booklist