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AUTHOR: Hilderbrand, Elin
TITLE: Beautiful Day
Date Read: 01/26/14
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Women's Fiction/2013/Little Brown & Co/401 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: SA
TIME/PLACE: Summer 2013/Nantucket Island
CHARACTERS: Jenna Carmichael/school teacher - Bride; Stuart Graham/attorney - Groom
FIRST LINES: They were on the ferry, the hulking white steamship that was properlly named the Eagle, but which Margot had always thought of as Moby-Dick, because that was what her mother used t ...more
TITLE: Beautiful Day
Date Read: 01/26/14
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Women's Fiction/2013/Little Brown & Co/401 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: SA
TIME/PLACE: Summer 2013/Nantucket Island
CHARACTERS: Jenna Carmichael/school teacher - Bride; Stuart Graham/attorney - Groom
FIRST LINES: They were on the ferry, the hulking white steamship that was properlly named the Eagle, but which Margot had always thought of as Moby-Dick, because that was what her mother used t ...more
I have to admit, I wasn't too sure about this book as I started reading it. But then, it really grew on me and I devoured the pages. There were some horrible, awful, selfish, characters who did some petty and despicable things, but there were enough characters I liked and that balanced things out. I really ended up liking Margot, flaws and all - at least she was pretty self-aware and realized her own shortcomings and strove to do better.
It was interesting that the story was told from three diffe ...more
It was interesting that the story was told from three diffe ...more
Perfect light summer read!
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