Three women friends on Nantucket, Antonia, Kay and Val, have a ritual: once a year, on the night of a full moon in summer, they get together and speak the truth. This year's night goes terribly wrong, and Val vanishes in the water. Elin Hilderbrand uses the aftermath to examine the three marriages and friendships, with secrets that the group had kept from each other and from their families. The island setting, its seasons and its social pecking order shape the plot.
Readers looking for a summer novel about long friendships and what we hide from the people closest to us will enjoy it. It is a story about loyalty, guilt and the way a single night can reorganise a community.
Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
