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The pricey, popular bistro of the title is the real star of Hilderbrand's fourth novel set on Nantucket. After years of hotel employ, peripatetic Adrienne Dealey, 28, lands her first restaurant job within hours of disembarking on the bucolic Massachusetts island. She's got a lot of learning to do as assistant to co-owner Thatcher Smith. Adrienne's soon attracted to the handsome Thatcher, and he seems to return her feelings. But just what is his relationship with his partner, the famous, utterly reclusive chef Fiona "Fee" Kemp? And why will no one talk about her? Hilderbrand specializes in beach reading (Summer People; The Beach Club); the plot doesn't go too far beyond standard romance and the characters don't reach beyond the conventional (though Adrienne does drink a bit more than the average heroine). But the complexities of running a bustling, ambitious restaurant in a summer hotspot are absorbing, and as Adrienne develops survival techniques with the customers and staff, readers follow her progress with genuine interest. Though the romance is a bit tepid and a subplot involving Adrienne's father's new girlfriend doesn't add much excitement, this is still a perfectly enjoyable beach book.
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Hilderbrand sets her sophisticated romance novel against the glamorous backdrop of Nantucket Island, as she has done in previous novels (Nantucket Nights, 2002; Summer People, 2003). Adrienne Dealey is anxious to put Aspen behind her, for it was the scene of her latest disastrous romance with a man of dubious character. Her previous stint as a concierge lands her a job as hostess at an upscale oceanfront restaurant. Charming, boyish owner Thatcher Smith has put the multimillion-dollar property up for sale and intends to close the Blue Bistro for good by summer's end. Other restaurant workers include a handsome, flirtatious bartender; his jealous, hardworking girlfriend; and a publicity-seeking pastry chef. As the romance between Thatcher and Adrienne heats up, his close, secretive relationship with reclusive, enormously talented chef Fiona Kemp, with whom he eats dinner every night, becomes a problem. Hilderbrand keeps things moving briskly in between sumptuous descriptions of food, drink, and tableware, throwing in an in-depth lesson on the restaurant business for good measure. Fun, stylish, and absorbing vacation reading. Joanne Wilkinson
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More About the Author
Elin Hilderbrand lives on Nantucket with her husband and their three young children. She grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and traveled extensively before settling on Nantucket, which has been the setting for her five previous novels. Hilderbrand is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the graduate fiction workshop at the University of Iowa.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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on July 27, 2008
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Elin Hilderbrand's, The Blue Bistro, was a fun book to read in the summer. The story takes place in Nantucket which is always a great location to read about in the summer months.
The Blue Bistro is a fine dining restaurant located directly on the beach of Nantucket. The author presents inticing images of Nantucket.
The owners of this magnificient restuarant are Thatcher Smith and Fiona Kemp. They are long-time friends from childhood and they have a powerful bond to one another. Thatcher, a very conflicted character in the novel, loves Fiona deeply, as a friend, but his love runs so deep that this unique friendship has interfered with his love interests. Girlfriends cannot compete with Thatcher and Fiona's friendship -- it can be isolating and infuriating to others. Fiona suffers, since childhood, with Cystic Fibrosis. An outsider cannot compete with Thatcher and Fiona's relationship nor with Fiona's illness.
Fiona, although small in stature, is a tough, strong-minded individual. Fiona is the exceptionally talented chef at the Blue Bistro and Thatcher is her business partner, and this is the final year for the restaurant. Fiona's health is suffering; she is on the list for a lung transplant, and she and Thatcher both need a rest.
Adrienne Dealy, escaping from a drug addicted boyfriend who stole her life savings, arrives in Nantucket with the sole purpose of making money and paying off her debts. Her mom died from Pancreatic Cancer when she was a young girl and she and her dad (a very loveable character) have been running ever since. Adrienne has been working all over the world in the hotel industry. She has made numerous poor choices in men, her last boyfriend being the last straw.Read more ›
The Blue Bistro is a fine dining restaurant located directly on the beach of Nantucket. The author presents inticing images of Nantucket.
The owners of this magnificient restuarant are Thatcher Smith and Fiona Kemp. They are long-time friends from childhood and they have a powerful bond to one another. Thatcher, a very conflicted character in the novel, loves Fiona deeply, as a friend, but his love runs so deep that this unique friendship has interfered with his love interests. Girlfriends cannot compete with Thatcher and Fiona's friendship -- it can be isolating and infuriating to others. Fiona suffers, since childhood, with Cystic Fibrosis. An outsider cannot compete with Thatcher and Fiona's relationship nor with Fiona's illness.
Fiona, although small in stature, is a tough, strong-minded individual. Fiona is the exceptionally talented chef at the Blue Bistro and Thatcher is her business partner, and this is the final year for the restaurant. Fiona's health is suffering; she is on the list for a lung transplant, and she and Thatcher both need a rest.
Adrienne Dealy, escaping from a drug addicted boyfriend who stole her life savings, arrives in Nantucket with the sole purpose of making money and paying off her debts. Her mom died from Pancreatic Cancer when she was a young girl and she and her dad (a very loveable character) have been running ever since. Adrienne has been working all over the world in the hotel industry. She has made numerous poor choices in men, her last boyfriend being the last straw.Read more ›
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Pamela Barton
on July 17, 2006
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I loved this book even more than Hilderbrand's other books. After reading Blue Bistro I wanted to visit the restaurant, her vivid descriptions of the sunsets on the beach, the food sounded wonderful. I thought the story was very touching about a friendship that could be broken by nothing else (Thatcher and Fiona). I grew up in Massachusetts and never visited the island of Nantucket, I now visit it through Elin's books, I have read them all and I feel like I am there each time. Maybe one of these summers I will get there!
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Suzanne
on July 16, 2010
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I feel like I must have read a different book than alot of these reviewers. The only thing I liked about this book was the food descriptions, beautiful. I did finish the story, but felt like these were some of the most selfish, shallow people. I was left feeling flat and depressed. Oh you might think Thatcher was selfless, but I only saw a stilted man, who could only feel one thing at a time. Fiona, was the worst, leading him around like she owned him, she was an awful person. Just wow, even the customers coming to the restaurant werent happy in their lives. Sorry, I cant recommend this unless you like depression with your food.
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on August 10, 2005
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I grew up in and around the local Nantucket restaurants scene.
Ellen nails the feel of working and playing in a seasonal summer restaurant, where love, money, food, drugs, sex, travel and alcoholl, are all part of creating a passion play that lasts all but a few short months.
A chef on the rock.
Ellen nails the feel of working and playing in a seasonal summer restaurant, where love, money, food, drugs, sex, travel and alcoholl, are all part of creating a passion play that lasts all but a few short months.
A chef on the rock.
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on December 8, 2005
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his has been the most emotional of Elin's books. The Blue Bistro is an upscale, totally different restaurant where the staff is a family. There are a few visits from the staff at the Beach Club, Elin's first novel, which really helps to build the vision of the town, having never been there.
The book starts off by a young girl coming moving to town with no money or much of anything in her life, being taken under the wing by the co-owner of the restaurant and then falling in love with him. The relationships within the Blue Bistro are so complex and emotional, it's hard to put this book down!
The book starts off by a young girl coming moving to town with no money or much of anything in her life, being taken under the wing by the co-owner of the restaurant and then falling in love with him. The relationships within the Blue Bistro are so complex and emotional, it's hard to put this book down!
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Patricia Kay
on February 27, 2007
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Elin Hilderbrand is a talented writer and I've now bought and read all her books. She never disappoints me. THE BLUE BISTRO was no exception. I particularly love the Nantucket settings Hilderbrand specializes in, and in BISTRO there was the added bonus of a restaurant background with all the details and inside information that's so much fun to read. I took this book with me on a river cruise to Europe last summer and left it on the ship for others to read when I'd finished it. I feel sure subsequent readers enjoyed it as much as I did. RECOMMENDED.
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Janie
on February 22, 2009
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I read this book because of the good reviews. This is the first book I have read by this author. I thought it was ok, but kind of forgetable. The ending was not good at all. I will probably not read this author again.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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T. Cook
on July 28, 2008
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I finished this book several days ago and have yet to open another book. Normally when I finish a book, I immediately start on another. However, these characters got into my heart, and I can't stop thinking about them. I want to go back and check on them. I want to peek into their lives again and see how they are doing, what they are doing... I am an avid reader like so many, and this story is the one I now carry with me. I have read other Hilderbrand books and loved them all. However, this is the one that touched me the most.
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