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Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
When Summers catches up with the Elkin family, last seen in Shelter from the Storm (2005), their remodeled seaside hotel is up and running. It's 1937. The coast along the Somerset town of Braydon attracts tourists, and the annual fair will bring in the locals as well. Charlotte, the oldest of the Elkin girls, is soon to marry the local blacksmith. She's wanted to be his wife for a long time, yet she's having second thoughts. Josie, the middle sister, is anxious to meet up with a wildly attractive young man who runs one of the rides at the fair. She was too young for him last year, so her goal this year is to show him how grown-up she is. A summer that starts out with great promise delivers the opposite as the Elkins' lives are turned upside down in the latest installment in Summers' continuing saga, which brings a slice of the past to luminous life. Maria Hatton
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Review
"This gentle, heart-warming read, reminiscent of Little Women, captures the feeling of pre-war England and the reader's imagination" Booklist on Taking Heart "Once again gifted storyteller Summers creates a world of ordinary people in extraordinary times" Booklist on Dreams of Peace "A finely detailed and involving tale of one engaging family's personalities and predicaments" Booklist on Shelter from the Storm"
When Summers catches up with the Elkin family, last seen in Shelter from the Storm (2005), their remodeled seaside hotel is up and running. It's 1937. The coast along the Somerset town of Braydon attracts tourists, and the annual fair will bring in the locals as well. Charlotte, the oldest of the Elkin girls, is soon to marry the local blacksmith. She's wanted to be his wife for a long time, yet she's having second thoughts. Josie, the middle sister, is anxious to meet up with a wildly attractive young man who runs one of the rides at the fair. She was too young for him last year, so her goal this year is to show him how grown-up she is. A summer that starts out with great promise delivers the opposite as the Elkins' lives are turned upside down in the latest installment in Summers' continuing saga, which brings a slice of the past to luminous life. Maria Hatton
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
"This gentle, heart-warming read, reminiscent of Little Women, captures the feeling of pre-war England and the reader's imagination" Booklist on Taking Heart "Once again gifted storyteller Summers creates a world of ordinary people in extraordinary times" Booklist on Dreams of Peace "A finely detailed and involving tale of one engaging family's personalities and predicaments" Booklist on Shelter from the Storm"