While it was still set on the beautiful island of Nantucket, she took us back to 1969 in her first historical fiction novel. I knew going into it that this book would be a little different than her others. Summer of ‘69 was released on June 18th but I grabbed it a couple of weeks early in my Book of the Month box and couldn’t wait to dive in. At that point, I read everything on her backlist and have read every single one of her book releases since then.Įlin Hilderbrand June book releases always signify the unofficial start of summer for me. John and it was just the beginning of a long love affair with her writing. I remember taking her book The Castaways on our 2009 honeymoon trip to St. June 18th, 2019 My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 My Review:Įlin Hilderbrand is not only the queen of summer reading but she is also an auto-read author for me.
In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again earns her title as queen of the summer novel. As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, each of them hiding a troubling secret. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother’s historic home in downtown Nantucket.
It’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century.
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