Kristin Hannah writes books in which her characters struggle with personal relationships and this is true in the story of Summer Island. This story deals with a family that is torn apart when the mother walks out from the family unit. The daughters in the story struggle with relationships and yearn for understanding for why their mother would do this to them. The younger daughter, Ruby, deals with feelings of hatred for her mother and decides to write a "Mommy Dearest" article for a magazine only to return to her childhood home to care for her mother who has been injured in car accident. During her stay with her mother, truths about the cause of her parents' breakup are revealed and Ruby rediscovers her mother. In the end Ruby is able to rediscover other relationships from her childhood and is able to make an important committment.
If you liked other Kristin Hannah books you will also like this one. It was a quick read and I only shed a few tears. A secondary character in the book has cancer - if that is a topic you shy away from.
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