She spent her summers on Cape Cod, "playing touch football at low tide, collecting sea glass, digging pools for hermit crabs, swimming out to the wooden raft off shore," until her father died in a plane crash when she was sixteen. Hilderbrand was born and raised in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and was previously a teaching/writing fellow at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. In 2019, New York Magazine called Hilderbrand "the queen of beach reads". Her novels are typically set on and around Nantucket Island, where she resides. She is also a grateful seven-year breast cancer survivor.Elin Hilderbrand is an American writer, mostly of romance novels. Barefoot weaves these four lives together in a story with enthralling sweep and scope - a novel that is as fun and memorable and bittersweet as that one perfect day of summer.Ībout the Author Elin Hilderbrand is the proud mother of three, a dedicated Peleton rider, an aspiring book influencer, and an enthusiastic cook. But into the house, into their world, steps twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn.
They have come to escape, enjoy the sun, and relax in Nantucket's calming air. And their friend Melanie, after seven failed in vitro attempts, is pregnant at last - but only after learning that her husband is having an affair. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Three women - burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues - tumble onto the Nantucket airport tarmac one hot June day. Book Synopsis Visiting Nantucket for the summer, three women seek peace and comfort as they cope with the challenges in their lives - f rom marriage, infidelity, and the mayhem of motherhood to scandal, tragedy, and illness.
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