Beautiful Day: A Novel Author: Visit Amazon's Elin Hilderbrand Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0316099767 | Format: EPUB
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'Takes the chick-lit trope of reclaimed friendship and updates it with a timely twist ... Hilderbrand throws in a handful of plot twists that bounce the story along ... SILVER GIRL [is] the kind of safe investment beachgoers should adore' -- Boston Globe It provides a pacey read, with colourful characters that have fascinating motivations. I couldn't get them out of my head for days -- Sunday Express on SILVER GIRL So deliciously addictive that it will be the 'It' beach book of the summer -- Kirkus Review on THE ISLAND An honest, raw tale of friendship and love -- Cosmopolitan on THE CASTAWAYS 'This book was a great read - you really care what happens to the characters. Perfect holiday reading. I didn't want to put it down' -- Candis on BAREFOOT 'A gem of a summer read with a glamorous location, elite lifestyle, and Hilderbrand's appealing take on the constant stress that fills the lives of women everywhere' -- Booklist on A SUMMER AFFAIR
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About the Author
Elin Hilderbrand has lived on Nantucket for twenty years. She runs every morning, delivers her children to their sporting events, and occasionally frequents the front row at the Chicken Box. Beautiful Day is her twelfth novel.
- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Back Bay Books (March 4, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0316099767
- ISBN-13: 978-0316099769
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I usually love love love Elin Hilderbrand books but this one wasn't my favorite. The whole premise of the whole book, the Notebook (yes, with a capital N) turned me off right from the getgo. The idea of a dying mom writing advice to her daughter for her wedding day sounds nice in theory, but Hilderbrand's execution of this idea turned Jenna into a pushover who got talked into a total domination of her wedding by her saintly dead mother. We are expected to feel sentimental and gushy about this mother, but I couldn't stop thinking that if she had been alive and planning all these details, she would have been looked upon as an overbearing royal pain in the butt. I mean, she planned everything right down to the brand of knives Jenna should ask for in her registry to how the vegetables at the wedding (asparagus) should be cooked. In a couple places in the Notebook, the mother basically says stuff like "oh don't feel obliged to wear my wedding dress, but the thought of you in it makes me cry so much that I have to stop writing". Hello manipulation!
I also thought it was really unfair that Pauline got treated the way she did...the only thing I could tell that she did that wasn't so great (at least till the end) was read the Notebook without permission, but she was probably feeling so left out of everything that I really can't blame her. Essentially, she got punished just because she wasn't Beth. I felt sorry for her.
Also, I really didn't like it how Jethro kept getting referred to as "Ryan's boyfriend" throughout the book. All the other characters were introduced once by describing who they were in relation to the other characters, and then referred to by name for the rest of the book. For example, Beanie was called Beanie, not "Kevin's wife".
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