Island Girls: A Novel

Island Girls: A Novel

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Nancy Thayer returns to her beloved Nantucket in a highly emotional, wholly entertaining tale of three sisters forced to confront the past over one event-filled summer on the island.
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Charming ladiesâ€™ man Rory Randall dies with one last trick up his sleeve: His will includes a calculating clause mandating a summer-long reunion for his daughters, all from different marriagesâ€”that is, if they hope to inherit his posh Nantucket house. Relations among the three sisters are sour thanks to long-festering jealousies, resentments, and misunderstandings. Arden, a successful television host in Boston, hasnâ€™t been back to the island since her teenage years, when accusations of serious misbehavior led to her banishment. College professor Meg hopes to use her summer to finish a literary biography and avoid an amorous colleague. And secretive Jenny, an IT specialist, faces troubling questions about her identity while longing for her sistersâ€™ acceptance.
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To their surprise, the three young women find their newfound sisterhood easier to trust than the men who show up to complicate their lives. And if that werenâ€™t problematic enough, their mothers descend on the island. When yet another visitor drops by the house with shocking news, the past comes screaming back with a vengeance. Having all the women from his life under his seaside roofâ€”and overseeing the subsequent drama of that perfect stormâ€”Rory Randall might just be enjoying a hearty laugh from above.
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Nancy Thayerâ€™s novel insightfully illustrates how the push and pull of family altercations make us whole. Itâ€™s how the Randall sisters come to forgive, and learn to open their hearts to love.

Praise for Island Girls

â€œNancy Thayer is one of my favorite writers, and Island Girls is one of her best. The Randall sisters are like your own family members or your best friends: funny, smart and emotional, infuriating and good-hearted. Here is a book to be savored and passed on to the good women in your life.â€â€”New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs
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â€œFull of emotion and just plain fun, this novel is delightful.â€â€”Romance Reviews Today

â€œIn this touching summer read, forgiveness benefits both the person bestowing it and the recipient.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-06-18
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9780345538833

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-06-18
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9780345538833

Island Girls: A Novel

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