{"product_id":"summer-island-paperback","title":"Summer Island (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of the greatest storytellers of our time’ - Delia\nOwens, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the multimillion-copy bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Women \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe\nNightingale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSummer Island \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant, warm and tender\nnovel about a mother and daughter: the complex ties that bind them, the past\nthat separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYears ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters\nbehind. She has since become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper\ncolumnist beloved for her moral advice, while her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a\nstruggling comedian who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical\nhumour.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Nora’s past, their\nestrangement suddenly becomes dramatic. After Nora is injured in an accident, a\nglossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother and\nRuby returns home under the pretext of taking care of the woman she hasn’t\nspoken to for almost a decade.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNora insists they retreat to Summer Island, to the lovely old house on the\nwater where Ruby grew up; a place filled with childhood memories of love and\njoy and belonging. There, Ruby is also reunited with her first love and his\nbrother. Once, the three of them had been best friends; inseparable. Until the\nsummer that Nora left, and everyone’s hearts were broken . . .\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for Kristin Hannah:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Utterly absorbing . . . A triumph’ – \u003cb\u003eTaylor Jenkins Reid\u003c\/b\u003e,\nbestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDaisy Jones \u0026amp; The Six\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism’ – \u003cb\u003eBonnie Garmus\u003c\/b\u003e,\nbestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Moving and unforgettable’ – \u003cb\u003eChristy Lefteri\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author\nof \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper of Aleppo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘A classic storyteller’ – \u003cb\u003eMatt Haig\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe\nMidnight Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristin Hannah\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning international\nnumber one bestseller with more than 25 million copies of her books sold\nworldwide. Her novels include, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e (which\ntopped the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller chart), \u003ci\u003eThe Four\nWinds\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Great Alone\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nightingal\u003c\/i\u003ee is the winner of numerous best\nfiction awards and is soon to become a major movie, and Kristin’s much-loved\nearlier novel,\u003ci\u003e Firefly Lane\u003c\/i\u003e, was a number one blockbuster series on\nNetflix. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer writing has taken readers across multiple eras and to\nmany places, but the thing that connects all of her work is the focus on what\nit’s like being a woman in challenging times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one\nson. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45286968852687,"sku":"9781035045952","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_5650bdd7-be14-441f-85c7-15ed13e7d9a7.webp?v=1782454961","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/summer-island-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}