{"product_id":"summer-island-by-kristin-hannah","title":"Summer Island by Kristin Hannah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of The Women and The Nightingale, Summer Island is a poignant, warm and tender novel about a mother and daughter: the complex ties that bind them, the past that separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYears ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice, while her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedian who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Nora’s past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic. After Nora is injured in an accident, a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother and Ruby returns home under the pretext of taking care of the woman she hasn’t spoken to for almost a decade. Nora insists they retreat to Summer Island, to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby grew up; a place filled with childhood memories of love and joy and belonging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere, Ruby is also reunited with her first love and his brother. Once, the three of them had been best friends; inseparable. Until the summer that Nora left, and everyone’s hearts were broken .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . Praise for Kristin Hannah:‘Utterly absorbing .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . A triumph’ – Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones \u0026amp; The Six‘Stuns with sacrifice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUplifts with heroism’ – Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry‘Moving and unforgettable’ – Christy Lefteri, bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo‘A classic storyteller’ – Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 416 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Pan Books\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781035045952\u003cbr\u003ePublished:18 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eWeight:278g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64972348883293,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781035045952.jpg?v=1781428144","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/summer-island-by-kristin-hannah","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}