Endless Summer: Stories
Written by Elin Hilderbrand
Narrated by Erin Bennett
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
The "queen of beach reads” (New York Magazine) presents nine captivating stories of summer on Nantucket—and days that last forever—to carry us through when those warm sandy days feel far off. 
 Inside the collection, you'll find: 
• Three years after Mallory Blessing's death (in 28 Summers), her friends gather for another eventful Labor Day celebration on Nantucket in "The Sixth Wedding."
• The marriage at the heart of Beautiful Day enters uncertain territory when Margot Carmichael encourages her husband to reunite with his ex-girlfriend in "The Surfing Lesson."
• In "The Tailgate" the weekend of a Harvard/Yale football game recharts the course of "Matchmaker" Dabney Kimball's first—and abiding—true love.
• In "Summer of '79," the three Levin sisters reunite after a decade after the summer that changed everything.
• And more . . .
With a foreword by Elin Hilderbrand about the writer's reluctance to leave treasured characters behind and a prefatory, "behind-the-scenes" note included with each story, this book answers the prayers of both new and seasoned readers everywhere who, like the Kirkus reviewer, "would rather be living in an Elin Hilderbrand novel."
Elin Hilderbrand
Elin Hilderbrand lives on Nantucket, has three children and is the author of 27 novels, including SUMMER OF ‘69. Elin met Dottie in the spring of 2017 at the annual Post & Courier luncheon in Charleston and Elin says, “It was love at first sight.” The two authors proceeded to meet on Nantucket every chance they got and they texted and emailed non-stop. They dreamed of doing a joint cooking show called “Cook the Books,” where they would invite a third author on to make a signature dish for each episode. They also talked about a cookbook called “The Southern Belle and the Gray Lady.” Elin’s summer of 2020 novel, 28 Summers, is dedicated to Dottie and Dottie makes a cameo appearance in Elin’s summer of 2021 novel, Golden Girl. “I will never again have a writer friend like Dottie,” Elin says. “Those of you who knew her understand what I mean, and those of you who didn’t will just have to trust me. They broke the mold.”
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Reviews for Endless Summer
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aug 27, 2024 I started reading this and then realized half of the book was follow up to a book I hadn’t read. So I stopped and read that book (Summer of 69) and then came back to this one. The last half of the book was better than the original book it was based on, but most of the stories weee still good.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aug 8, 2023 I usually love everything Elin Hilderbrand writes. This book consists of short stories which are basically prequels or sequels to some of her novels. Since I read many of the novels quite some time ago, it was sometimes difficult to recall all of the characters and their stories and thus hard to relate to the stories in this book. Fortunately, most of these stories could stand on their own, so it wasn't a huge problem but still kind of annoying at times.
