Summer People

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Every summer, the Newton family retreats to their beloved Nantucket home. But in Elin Hilderbrand's Summer People, this summer will not be like any other...

When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow, Beth, can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same ...

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Overview

Every summer, the Newton family retreats to their beloved Nantucket home. But in Elin Hilderbrand's Summer People, this summer will not be like any other...

When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow, Beth, can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same time fulfill a promise that Arch made before he died.

Beth invites Marcus, the son of Arch’s final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage twins, Winnie and Garrett, who have mixed reactions to sharing their special summer place with this stranger. Always a place of peace before, Nantucket becomes the scene of roiling emotions and turbulent passions as Marcus, Winnie, and Garrett learn about loss, first love, and betrayal. And when they stumble upon a shocking secret from Beth’s past, they must keep it from destroying the family they’ve been trying so hard to heal.

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Editorial Reviews

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"Summer People is striking not only for the ingenuity of its riveting plot, but also for the acute sense of character and the finely tuned craftsmanship with which Elin Hilderbrand brings its every nuance to life." —Madison Smart Bell, author of Anything Goes

"I find there is so much to admire in this book, from its crystalline prose to the deeply felt and finely rendered emotion of characters younger and older, male and female alike. By the end, the characters feel like good friends. Reading Summer People makes you feel like you've taken a long weekend in Nantucket. Summer People is simply a great read." —Kathleen Hughes, author of Dear Mrs. Lindbergh: A Novel

"Hilderbrand's third Nantucket-set novel effectively juxtaposes the surface calm of the season with the turbulence of the characters' lives. More entertaining beach reading from the author of The Beach Club (2000) and Nantucket Nights (2002)."—Booklist

"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

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312628277
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publication date: 4/27/2010
  • Edition description: First Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 101272
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Elin Hilderbrand

Elin Hilderbrand is a New York Times bestselling author who graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.  She lives with her husband and sons on Nantucket, Massachusetts.

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Customer Reviews

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sat Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2004

    Boring Summer People

    I can never resist a book whose 'blurb' promises a shocking secret. The only shock was that the composer of the blurb considered the secret in this book shocking. I did not like the characters at all - found them one-dimensional and the plot simplistic. My suggestion is that you find better beach reading.

    6 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Tue Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2010

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    an enjoyable tale starring a grieving family in crisis

    Attorney Arch Newton died in a plane crash. His grief-stricken widow Beth decides to go ahead with their summer plans leaving Manhattan for Nantucket accompanied by their twin children Garrett and Winnie. Also joining the Newton trio is seventeen year old Marcus; the son of a client accused of killing her sister-in-law and niece Arch was defending before he died; Arch invited Marcus.

    Grieving Garrett is angry with Marcus being with them as he blames the latter's mom for his dad's death. Nantucket native David, separated from his wife, wants a second chance with Beth who seems receptive foe a fling with her first love, but hides something from her wannabe lover and her offspring. Garrett and David's older daughter form a relationship as does Winnie with Marcus.

    The third Nantucket family drama (see The Beach Club and Nantucket Nights) is an enjoyable tale starring a grieving family in crisis. The cast is solid just not as deep as should be with each one dealing with the summer of his or her discontent. Although not profound, Summer People is a fine tale of three interlocking families struggling to move on.

    Harriet Klausner

    5 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Tue Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2011

    Not one of her best

    I have read several of Elin Hilderbrand's and this was definitely not her best.

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006

    Fast, fun read

    Like another of the readers said, the 'shocking' revelation at the end wasn't all that shocking at all, but that didn't take away any of the pleasure of reading this book, which was a perfect book to take on a cruise (which I did). The author is a natural born storyteller and that comes across in every book she writes. So sometimes the plot has holes. Or sometimes the characters do things that stretch credibility or that you don't agree with. If the story is well-written, engrossing and entertaining, who cares? Lighten up, people! The author isn't pretending to be a literary giant. She's writing to give us a few hours of pleasure, and she succeeded with this book.

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sat Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2014

    Harriet klausner

    Of course ole harriet klausner is number one to ruin the book with her cliff note book report. Please bn, cant you PLEASE ban this obnoxious poster and delete her plot spoiling posts? She ruins every book she supposedly reviews.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    Steamy Romances...

    You want to become a guest at the summer home and try to help the characters through each of their ordeals. This book packed not one but three steamy romances.

    3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Tue Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2010

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    I Also Recommend:

    Summer People is a Graet Summer Read!

    Loved it. Very touching and another page turner. Elin Hilderbrand is a natural story teller who can make you fall in love with any character!

    3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Wed Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2004

    Best yet!

    Loved this book! Perfect summer read, could not keep my hands off it. Hilderbrand gets better with every book. Hope she's working on something new, can't wait to read more of her work.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Fri Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2010

    Liked it very much.

    Lost in the pages~~Summer People good read for any season.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Thu Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2004

    Enjoyable !

    This was a very believable book...i was sad that it ended also. I wanted to keep reading about what was to continue in their lives. Very quick read because i kept wanting to see what was going to happen next.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sat Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    Oreo

    I do not have feet that look like Spongebob -_- Just arms and animated eyes

    1 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2014

    another great book

    Not the ending I expected, but wonderfully written, as always!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Fri Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2014

    Another Good Read

    Typical Elin Hilderbrand book. A great summer read or for when you don't want to "think too much".

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2014

    Pjh

    Khgup rer

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Fri Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    CJ

    So, my descriptions for everyone. // Alice: A pale girl with waist-length golden-brown, wavy hair and hazel eyes. // Acacia: A girl with summery brown hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. // Batu: Basically Link but with thicker brown hair. // Candace: A tall girl with a fair complexion, light brown hair with brown lowlights, blue eyes, and freckles. // Luna: A fair girl with shining blonde hair and light green eyes. // Swag: A shortish girl with shoulder-length dark brown hair and brown eyes. // Fang: Flowing, layered, dirty blonde hair that falls below her shoulders and hazel eyes with gold flecks. // Storm: An average sized girl with thin, milky brown hair that falls below her shoulderblades and grey-blue eyes. /// Ryan: A tall boy with honey hair that goes below his ears and grey eyes. /// Xav: A tall boy with shaggy black hair and turquoise eyes. /// Rose: Rose Tyler, but with shorter hair. /// Meh, if I was a different dude: A wiry girl with blond hair that has reddish tinges and blue eyes.

    0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Thu Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    Swaggeh

    HOW I IMAGINED PEOPLE BEFORE I KNEW WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE: ///Voss: small scrawny kid with shaggy-ish dark brown hair who always wore slightly too-big tees. e.e xD///Sammie: long black hair and dark eyes tannish skin and always wearing neon sneakers. ///Chris: Gale Hawthorne with glasses. xD ///Rose: like Rose off the Titanic but then like Rose Tyler. e.e ///Storm: like Sammie but with dark green eyes. ///Greece: tall and athletically built, with light brown army cut hair and tan skin, dark green eyes. ///Alice: shoulder ngth auburnish reddish hair and green eyes flecked with gold, average sized and skinny, always a v neck tee and blue skinny jeans and converse. ///Sparrow: At first, a bird, then an average sized skinny girl with short brown hair with the bangs pinned up, always wearing a mossy green tee. ///CJ: short and skinny, dirty blonde hair and either brown eyes or bluish green ones. ///Fang: as a wolf at first xD then as a tall thin girl with ripped up jeans and combat boots, dirty blonde hair in layers just past your shoulders, and hazel eyes. Always like a baggy graphic tee with the sleeves cut off tucked in tat was usually black. And always a belt with a giant decorative buckle. e.e ///Oreo: o.o as a talking cookie with mini eyes, mini hands, and feet like spongebob xD ///errrrrm if i forgot anyone yell at me and ill post it in the next result.

    0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Wed Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    Hooked on a nook

    ELIN did it again Another great story Worth reading

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Mon Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    Violet

    Nada

    0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Wed Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    Johnna

    Hey!

    0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Thu Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    To Feather

    A different toms starts fuqin her hard.

    0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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