![]() Hilderbrand’s enchanting, emotional novel will delight her many fans. Strong supporting characters, notably a long-ago ex from Vivi’s past, add texture. Hilderbrand has a talent for creating characters that etch themselves onto readers’ hearts, and delivers a big, well-earned surprise with the hit-and-run driver’s identity. She also watches as her ex-husband finally accepts that taking on a mistress was an epic mistake, and, with Martha’s help, begins to move on into the afterlife. She ascends to the Beyond where shes assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. As the summer progresses and her loved ones struggle, Vivi learns her children’s secrets-and considers using a “nudge” to intervene on Carson’s relationship with an older man. On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. An Hèrmes scarf–wearing guardian spirit named Martha allows Vivi the chance to watch over them until the end of the summer, and allows her three “nudges” to keep them from harm. After Nantucket novelist Vivi Howe is killed in a hit-and-run, her family and friends are left reeling, among them her pregnant daughter, Willa her hard-partying daughter, Carson her son, Leo and feckless ex-husband, JP. ![]() ![]() She ascends to the Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Hilderbrand ( The Beach Club) expertly tugs at the heartstrings with this fantastical story of an unexpected death. On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. ![]()
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