Summer Island By Hannah Kristin by Kristin Hannah

ISBN: 0345483448

Author: Kristin Hannah

Condition: new

Thirty four year old Ruby Bridge is a not too successful comedienne who uses her mother a nationally syndicated moral and spiritual counselor as the main fodder for her cynical rather bitter humor Her mother Nora long divorced from Ruby s father is a woman whose past is just about to catch up with her in the form of blackmail by a former lover After an accident an attempted suicide Ruby returns to care for her stricken mother bitterly resenting the fact that once again her mother s life has colonized hers When she is approached by a publisher to write a biography of her mother Ruby is desperate for the princely sum offered Yet her research into her mother s past reveals a woman very different from the one Ruby expected And what began as mommy dearest ends as a love story not only between mother and daughter but involving two very different men who play a key role in linking the past to the present Years ago Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind Now she is a famous talk show host Her daughter Ruby is a struggling comedienne The two haven t spoken in more than a decade Then a scandal from Nora s past is exposed and Ruby is offered a fortune to write a tell all about her mother Reluctantly she returns to the family house on Summer Island a home filled with frayed memories of joy and heartache Confronting a past that includes a never forgotten love a sick best friend and a mother who has harbored terrible family secrets Ruby finally begins to understand the complex ties that bind a mother and daughter and the healing that comes with forgiveness From the Paperback edition

• Summer Island By Hannah Kristin