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Loading... A Hundred Summers (2013)by Beatriz Williams
  
Best Beach Reads (14) Penguin Random House (173) No current Talk conversations about this book.  jszig | Jun 2, 2024 |    ) ellink | Jan 22, 2024 | It was a very interesting story of life back then, of the way Jews were treated, of a best friend relationship that was toxic, and of a love that never gives up. Very entertaining novel and I need to read her first novel now. (  ) JillHannah | Nov 20, 2023 | In A Hundred Summers are we introduced to Lily Dane who has returned to the summerhouse at Seaview, Rhode Island. However, her peaceful summer is interrupted when Nick and Budgie Greenwald arrives. The couple has just married and they are there to restore Budgie's family's old house. Lily and Budgie used to best friends, and Nick was Lily's boyfriend. So, this reunion is hard for Lily. Through the book, we get to know more about Lily's past through flashbacks as the summer progress and Lily try to get used to having Budgie and Nick back in her life. As usual, is the story Beatrix Williams has woven together fabulous. I spent some blissful hours listening to this book while working and I must say that if there is one thing Williams can do is take what seems to be a kind of straightforward story and throw in some twists. The writing is so good that I can easily picture the wonderful oceanfront community of Seaview. As for the story, I was captivated and I enjoyed that I did not always guess right what would happen next, especially towards the ending. What I truly enjoy is how human the characters in the book are, and that the title and the cover may make it seem like a light story, but there are serious events and people aren't always who they seem to be. A Hundred Summers is a fabulous book and I recommend it warmly! (  ) MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML:As the 1938 hurricane approaches Rhode Island, another storm brews in this New York Times bestselling beach read from the author of Her Last Flight and The Golden Hour. Lily Dane has returned to Seaview, Rhode Island, where her family has summered for generations. Itâ??s an escape not only from New Yorkâ??s social scene but from a heartbreak that still haunts her. Here, among the seaside community that has embraced her since childhood, she finds comfort in the familiar rituals of summer. But this summer is different. Budgie and Nick Greenwaldâ??Lilyâ??s former best friend and former fiancéâ??have arrived, too, and Seaviewâ??s elite are abuzz. Under Budgieâ??s glamorous influence, Lily is seduced into a complicated web of renewed friendship and dangerous longing. As a cataclysmic hurricane churns north through the Atlantic, and uneasy secrets slowly reveal themselves, Lily and Nick must confront an emotional storm that will change their worlds forever... No library descriptions found. |
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poor writing
5 yr old doesn’t talk like a 5 yr old
Plot is odd
But I guess the ending is sweet-ish
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