--- product_id: 17299406 title: "Summer Island: A Novel" price: "SAR 93" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/17299406-summer-island-a-novel store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Summer Island: A Novel **Price:** SAR 93 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Summer Island: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** SAR 93 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/17299406-summer-island-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Summer Island: A Novel: 9780345483447: Hannah, Kristin: Books Review: A beautiful and heartfelt read! - Summer Island is a beautiful and memorable story of family, love, loss and forgiveness. It is a touching and emotional family saga that tore at my heart. Hannah does it again with this stirring and heartbreaking family saga. It details how important one’s upbringing is to one’s health and emotional wellbeing. I highly recommend this lovely and emotional read. Review: Not one of her stronger novels - I love Kristin Hannah - she is masterful at showing us relationships, especially strong female ones. When I read that Summer Island was about a mother-daughter who struggle to mend what got broken, I thought for sure this book was for me. In ways it was, in others, meh, not so much. As with all Hannah's writing it is undeniably flawless. Strong, visual usage of phrasing brings the reader directly into the story. Summer Island is no exception. When Nora Bridge walks out of her life, she leaves behind not only her husband, but her daughters, Caroline and Ruby. As the years go by, Caro's heart softens toward her estranged mother while Ruby's hardens. But when Nora, who has found fame as a marriage and family adviser on a radio show and in print, falls from public grace, she is forced to seek care and comfort with Ruby at home on Summer Island. While back on the Island, Ruby not only needs to learn to navigate what's left of her relationship with Nora, but also try to rebuild the bonds with her childhood friend and boyfriend, while figuring out how far she is willing to go to for her own fame. Perhaps it's because I've read a lot of Kristin Hannah's hard hitting books, the ones that rip your heart out while opening your eyes and then rebuilds you one fragment at a time, that this book was just mediocre. There is nothing wrong with the book, all loose ends are tied up, all relationships (shy of one that was unfortunately more of a throw-in than an actual relationship) are mended, and life ended HEA (which to me is just not realistic). In all honesty I would give this book a 3.5, but am rounding up because of my love for the author and the memories of her other books. If you aren't a long-time reader of Kristin Hannah, you will likely find this book quite good. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,653 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #38 in Contemporary Women Fiction #149 in Contemporary Romance (Books) #152 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (46,899) | | Dimensions | 5.18 x 0.92 x 7.97 inches | | ISBN-10 | 0345483448 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0345483447 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 448 pages | | Publication date | November 2, 2004 | | Publisher | Ballantine Books | ## Images ![Summer Island: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/811XUMA3X9L.jpg) ![Summer Island: A Novel - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51smnnmV-rL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A beautiful and heartfelt read! *by J***A on March 26, 2026* Summer Island is a beautiful and memorable story of family, love, loss and forgiveness. It is a touching and emotional family saga that tore at my heart. Hannah does it again with this stirring and heartbreaking family saga. It details how important one’s upbringing is to one’s health and emotional wellbeing. I highly recommend this lovely and emotional read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not one of her stronger novels *by L***S on November 8, 2024* I love Kristin Hannah - she is masterful at showing us relationships, especially strong female ones. When I read that Summer Island was about a mother-daughter who struggle to mend what got broken, I thought for sure this book was for me. In ways it was, in others, meh, not so much. As with all Hannah's writing it is undeniably flawless. Strong, visual usage of phrasing brings the reader directly into the story. Summer Island is no exception. When Nora Bridge walks out of her life, she leaves behind not only her husband, but her daughters, Caroline and Ruby. As the years go by, Caro's heart softens toward her estranged mother while Ruby's hardens. But when Nora, who has found fame as a marriage and family adviser on a radio show and in print, falls from public grace, she is forced to seek care and comfort with Ruby at home on Summer Island. While back on the Island, Ruby not only needs to learn to navigate what's left of her relationship with Nora, but also try to rebuild the bonds with her childhood friend and boyfriend, while figuring out how far she is willing to go to for her own fame. Perhaps it's because I've read a lot of Kristin Hannah's hard hitting books, the ones that rip your heart out while opening your eyes and then rebuilds you one fragment at a time, that this book was just mediocre. There is nothing wrong with the book, all loose ends are tied up, all relationships (shy of one that was unfortunately more of a throw-in than an actual relationship) are mended, and life ended HEA (which to me is just not realistic). In all honesty I would give this book a 3.5, but am rounding up because of my love for the author and the memories of her other books. If you aren't a long-time reader of Kristin Hannah, you will likely find this book quite good. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great read *by D***Y on March 3, 2026* What can I say other then Kristen Hannah is a great writer. Buy her books here on Amazon. Great price. 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